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Fifty-Fifth National Encampment 



Grand Army of 
the Republic 



ALSO 
LIST OF COMMITTEES 



INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 

SEPTEMBER 25-29 

1921 



MEMBERSHIP OF THE 55th NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 

The total number of names appearing on the Roll of the Fifty-fifth 
National Encampment, as shown by the following table, is 1,342. 
Deducting previously reported as indcated by * the net voting strength 
is 1,252. 



NATIONAL OFFICERS 

PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS 

DEPARTMENTS 



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National Officers entitled to vote.. 
National Council of Administra'n 

Past Commanders-in-Chief 

Past S. V. Commanders-in-Chief.. 
Past J. V. Commanders-in-Chief- 

Alabama 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

California and Nevada 

Colorado and Wyoming 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Florida 

Georgia and South Carolina 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa -^ 

Kansas 

Kentucky 

Louisiana and Mississippi 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota '- 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey .-- 

New Mexico 

New York 

North Dakota 

Ohio A -y 

Oklahoma '- 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

Potomac 

Rhode Island 

South Dakota 

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia and North Carolina 

Washington and Alaska 

West Virginia 

Wisconsin 



1 
1 
2 

17 

5 

5 

2 

3 

1 

2 

24 

21 

17 

16 

3 

2 

6 

4 

19 

14 

7 

10 



4 
5 
1 

30 
2 

35 

4 

6 

.31 



3 
2 
2 
2 
5 
2 
7 
3 
10 



9 
13 
20 
33 
17 
17 
18 
14 
15 
16 
11 
18 
18 I 
15 i 
14 

5 
16 
16 
13 
18 
19 
18 
10 
16 
15 
15 
13 
16. 
16 
16 
18 
19 
18 
27 
13 
22 
18 
10 
10 
15 

8 
19 
15 
25 



Total 



176 ! 852 I 707 1,342 



10 
44 
12 
15 
16 
14 
18 
26 
54 
26 
26 
24 
21 
20 
22 
39 
43 
39 
35 
21 
11 
26 
24 
46 
36 
30 
32 
16 
28 
23 
24 
18 
50 
22 
55 
26 
29 
53 
34 
20 
29 
24 
16 
16 
24 
14 
30 
22 
39 



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10 
44 
12 
14 
15 
12 
16 
22 
53 
24 
26 
22 
20 
17 
21 
38 
42 
37 
34 
18 
9 
23 
20 
44 
33 
27 
28 
15 
25 
23 
22 
16 
48 
21 
52 
25 
28 
51 
28 
19 
24 
24 
15 
14 
24 
12 
29 
22 
34 



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FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Grand Army of the Republic 

Indianapolis, Indiana, September 25 to 29, 1921 



NATIONAL OFFICERS 

Commander-in-Chief, 
WILLIAM A. KETCHAM, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, 
tGEORGE A. HOSLEY, Boston, Massachusetts. 

t Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, 
J. E. GANDY, Spokane, Washington. 

Surgeon-General, 
DR. C. W. BURRILL, Kansas City, Missouri. 

Chaplain-in-Chief, 
WILLIAM A. BOSWORTH, Wichita, Kansas. 

Adjutant-General, 
MAHLON D. BUTLER.IndianapOlis, Indiana. 

Quartermaster-General, 
COLA D. R. STOWITS, Buffalo, New York. 

Judge Advocate-General, 
fTHOMAS S. HOPKINS, Washington, District Columbia. 

Inspector-General, 
tMARSHALL W. WOOD, Boise, Idaho. 

National Patriotic Instructor, 
SMITH STIMMEL, Fargo, North Dakota. 

Assistant Adjutant-General, 
tPRANCIS M. VAN PELT, Anderson, Indiana. 

Assistant Quartermaster-General and Custodian of Records, 
tJ. HENRY HOLCOMB, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Chief of Staff, 
S. G. HARVEY, Columbus, Ohio. 

Senior Aide-de-Camp, 
tW. H. COMSTOCK, Denver, Colorado. 



Comrade Holcomb not entitled to vote. 

Comrade Hosley. Past Department Commander of Massachusetts 

Comrade Gandy, Past Department Commander of AVashington and Alaska 

Comrade Hopkins. Past Department Commander of Potomac 

Comrade AVood. Past Department Commander of Idaho. 

Comrade A'an Pelt, National Council of Administration. 

Comrade Comstock, Past Department Commander of Colorado and Wyoming 



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FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION 

Alabama George F. Jackson Birmingham 

Arizona E. S. Godfrey Cookstown, N. J. 

Arkansas Cos Altenberg Little Rock 

California and Nevada Chas. F. Derby Los Angeles 

Colorado and Wyoming James E. Jewell Fort Morgan, Colo. 

Connecticut Harry L. Beach Hartford 

Delaware William Kelley. Wilmington 

Florida M. H. Porter Kissimmee 

Georgia and South Carolina. ..George E. Whitmann Fitzgerald, Ga. 

Idaho George F. Kimery Boise 

*Illinois* John B. Inman Springfield 

Indiana F. M. Van Pelt Andei'son 

*Iowa J. W. Willett Tama 

Kansas Scott Kelsey Topeka 

Kentucky .''. Americus Whedon Washington, D. C. 

Louisiana and Mississippi Basile Ulgere New Orleans 

Maine Alphonzo Rollins Portland 

Maryland John A. Thompson Baltimore 

Massachusetts Wilfred A. Wetherbee Newton 

Michigan ,H. A. Chapin Lansing 

Minnesota Levi Longfellow Minneapolis 

Missouri John M. Williams California 

Montana George H. Taylor Helena 

Nebraska W. H. Stewart Geneva 

New Hampshire Henry L. Harris Warner 

New Jersey Wm. 0. Allen Newark 

New Mexico John Greenwald Socorro 

*New York George A. Price Brooklyn 

North Dakota ..Pat H. Cummings Fargo 

*Ohio John C. Roland Cleveland 

Oklahoma F. E. Hills Enid 

Oregon J. G. Chambers Portland 

*Pennsylvania J. Andrew Wilt Towanda 

Potomac John Middleton Washington, D. G. 

Rhode Island John A. Medbery East Providence* 

South Dakota M. M. Baird Sturgis 

Tennessee Newton Hacker Jonesboro 

Texas Henry W. Nye Fort Worth 

Utah H. W. Charter Salt Lake City 

Vermont J. A. Thwing Bellows Falls 

Virginia and North Carolina.H. W. Weiss Emporia, Va. 

Washington and Alaska F. H. Hurd Seattle 

West Virginia William Keely Charleston 

*Wisconsin H. R. Bird Madison 



*Member of Executive Committee of National Council of Administration. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS 

Past Commanders-in-Chief 

JB. F. Stephenson (provisional) (died Aug. 30, 1871) 1866 

JS. A. Hurlbut, Illinois (died March 27, 1882) 1866-67 

jjohn A. Logan, Illinois (died Dec. 26, 1886) 1868-70 

JAmbrose E. Burnside, Rhode Island (died Sept. 18, 1881) 1871-72 

tCharles Devens, Massachusetts (died Jan. 7, 1892) 1873-74 

jJohn F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania (died Oct. 17, 1899) 1875-76 

jJohn C. Robinson, New York (died Feb. 18, 1897) 1877-78 

JWilliam Earnshaw, Ohio (died July 17, 1885) 1879 

JLouis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 15, 1914) 1880 

JGeorge S. Merrill, Massachusetts (died Feb. 17, 1900) 1881 

fPaul Van Dervoort, Nebraska (died July 29, 1902) 1882 

JRobert B. Beath, Penng^ylvania (died Nov. 25, 1914) 1883 

JJohn S. Kountz, Ohio (died June 14, 1909) 1884 

jSamuel S. Burdett, Potomac (died Sept. 24, 1914) 1885 

JLucius Fairchild, Wisconsin (died May 23, 1896) ". 1886 

jjohn P. Rea, Minnesota (died May 28, 1900) 1887 

JWilliam Warner, Missouri (died Oct. 4, 1916) 1888 

JRussell A. Alger, Michigan (died Jan. 24, 1907) 1889 

IWheelock G. Veazy, Vermont (died March 22, 1898) 1890 

JJohn Palmer, New York (died April 15, 1905) 1891 

A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis ;. 1892 

JJohn G. B. Adams, Massachusetts (died Oct. 19, 1900) 1893 

JThomas G. Lawler, Illinois (died Feb. 3, 1908) 1894 

JIvan N. Walker, Indiana (died Sept. 22, 1905) 1895 

JT. S. Clarkson, Nebraska (died Jan. 16, 1915) 1896 

JJohn P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania (died May 10, 1910) 1897 

jjames A. Sexton, Illinois (died in office Feb. 5, 1899) 1898 

JW. C. Johnson, Ohio (died April 27, 1917) 1899 

JAlbert D. Shaw, New York (died Feb. 10, 1901) 1899 

Leo Rassieur, St. Louis, Mo 1900 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn 1901 

JThomas J. Stewart, Pennsylvania (died Sept. 11, 1917) 1902 

JJohn C. Black, Illinois (died Aug. 17, 1915) 1903 

jWilmon W. Blackmar, Massachusetts (died in office July 16, 1905) 1904 

John R. King, Baltimore, Md 1905 

James Tanner, Washington, D. C. 1905 

JRobert B. Brown, Ohio (died July 30, 1916) 1906 

Charles G. Burton, Kansas City, Mo 1907 

JHenry M. Nevius, New Jersey (died Jan. 28, 1911) 1908 

Samuel R. Van Sant, Minneapolis, Minn 1909 

JJohn E. Oilman, Boston, Mass. (died Feb. 20, 1921) 1910 

JHarvey M. Trimble, Illinois (died Jan. 10, 1918) L 1911 

JAlfred B. Beers, Connecticut (died March 31, 1920) 1912 

Washington Gardner, Washington, D. C 1913 

David J. Palmer, Washington, Iowa 1914 

JElias R. Monfort, Ohio (died July 29, 1920) 1915 

W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa 1916 

JOrlando A. Somers, Indiana (died June 9, 1921) 1917- 

Clarendon E. Adams, Omaha, Neb 1918 

JJames D. Bell, New York (died Nov. 1, 1919) 1919 

Daniel M. Hall, Columbus, Ohio 1919 

tDecea.sed. 



FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Past Senior Vice-Commanders-in-Chief 

JJames B. McKean, New York (died Jan. 5, 1879) 1866-67 

jJoshua T. Owen, Pennsylvania (died Nov. 7, 1887) ' 1868 

JLucius Fail-child, Wisconsin (died May 23, 1896) 1868-70 

JLouis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 15, 1914) 1871-72 

JEdward Jardine, New York (died March 13, 1896) 1874 

jjoseph S. Reynolds, California (died Sept. 18, 1911) 1875-76 

JElisha H. Rhodes, Rhode Island (died Jan. 14, 1917) 1877 

JPaul Van Dervoort, Nebraska (died July 29, 1902) 1878 

jJohn Palmer, New York (died April 15, 1905) 1879 

JEdgar D. Swain, Illinois (died April 28, 1904) 1880 

jCharles L. Young, Ohio (died in Sept., 1913) 1881 

JW. E. W. Ross, Maryland (died Nov. 14, 1907) 1882 

jWilliam Warner, Missouri (died Oct. 4, 1916) 1883 

jJohn P. Rea, Minnesota (died May 28, 1900) 1884 

jSelden Connor. Maine (died July 9, 1917) ^ 1885 

S. W. Backus, San Francisco, Calif 1886 

JNelson Cole, Missouri (died July 31, 1899) 1887 

Moses H. Neil, Columbus, Ohio 1888 

fA. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis 1889 

JRichard F. Tobin, Massachusetts (died in office Nov. 22, 1890) 1890 

JGeorge H. Innis, Massachusetts (elected to fill vacancy April 7, 1891; 

died Jan. 19, 1907) 1891 

JHenry M. Duffield, Detroit, Mich, (died July 13, 1912).... 1891 

JR. H. Warfield, California (died July 16, 1906) 1892 

Jlvan N. Walker, Indiana (died Sept. 22, 1905) 1893 

JA. P. Burchfield, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 8, 1910) 1894 

JE. H. Hobson, Kentucky (died Sept. 13, 1901) 1895 

jJohn H. Mullen, Minnesota (died April 3, 1907) 1896 

Alfred Lyth, Buffalo, N. Y........: 1897 

JW. C. Johnson, Ohio (elected Commander-in-Chief Sept. 5, 1899) 1898 

JDaniel Ross, Delaware (elected to fill vacancy Sept. 5, 1899; died 

March 26, 1916) 1899 

Jlrvin Robbins, Indiana (died Feb. 9, 1911) * 1899 

Edwin C. Milliken, Portland, Maine 1900 

John McElroy, Washington, D. C 1901 

JWilliam M. Olin. Massachusetts (died April 15, 1911) 1902 

iC. Mason Kinne, California (died Dec. 25, 1913) 1903 

fJohn R. King, Baltimore, Md. (promoted to Commander-in-Chief, 

July 17, 1905) 1904 

JGeorge W. Patten, Tennessee (promoted to fill vacancy; died Sept. 

19, 1906) 1905 

JGeorge W. Cook, Colorado (died Dec. 17, 1916) 1905 

jWilliam H. Armstrong, Indiana (died Sept. 28, 1914) 1906 

JLewis E. Griffith, New York (died Oct. 6, 1912) 1907 

JJ. Kent Hamilton, Ohio (died Dec. 29, 1918) 1908 

William M. Bostaph, Salt Lake City, Utah 1909 

Charles Burrows, Rutherford, N. J 1910 

JNicholas W. Day, New York (clied March 6, 1916) 1911 

Henry Z. Osborne, Los Angeles, Calif 1912 

JThomas H. Soward, Oklahoma (died Aug. 21, 1918) 1913 

.JJoseph B. Griswold, Michigan (died in office March 9, 1915) 1914 

JWilliam F. Conner, Texas (promoted to fill vacancy March 10, 1915) 

(died March 1, 1919) 1915 

George H. Slaybaugh, Washington, D. C 1915 

William H. Warmstead, Kansas City, Mo 1916 

John L. Clem, Washington, D. C... 1917 

John G. Chambers, Portland, Ore 1918 

Charles B. Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif 1919 



tComrade Weissert. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade King, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tDeceased. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



Past Junior Vice-Commanders-in-Chief 

JRobert S. Foster, Indiana (died March 3, 1903) 1866 

JJoseph R. Hawley, Connecticut (died March 18, 1905) 1866-69 

xLouis Wagner, Pennsylvania (died Jan. 15, 1914) 1870 

JJames Coey, California (died July 14, 1918) 1871 

J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio 1871-72 

JEdward Ferguson, Wisconsin (died Sept. 18, 1901) 1873 

JGuy T. Gould, Illinois (died March 4, 1919) 1874 

jCharles J. Buckbee, Connecticut (died Nov. 5, 1896) 1875-76 

JWilliam Earnshaw, Ohio (died July 17, 1885) 1877 

JHerbert E. Hill, Massachusetts (died April 8, 1892) 1878 

Harrison Dingman, Washington, D. C 1879 

JGeorge Bowers, New Hampshire (died Feb. 14, 1884) 1880 

JC. V. R. Pond, Michigan (died June 9, 1912) 1881 

$1. S. 9angs, Maine (died May 30, 1903)..... 1882 

JWalter H. Holmes, California (died March 26, 1889) 1883 

lira E. Hicks, Connecticut (died March 23, 1919) 1884 

tJohn R. Lewis, Georgia (died Feb. 8, 1900) 1885 

lEdgar Allan,- Virginia (died Oct. 28, 1904) 1886 

jjohn C. Linehan, New Hampshire (died Sept. 19, 1905) 1887 

§Joseph Hadfield, New York 1888 

John F. Lovett, Trenton, N. J 1889 

JGeorge B. Creamer, Maryland (died Sept. 16, 1896) 1890 

JT. S. Clarkson, Nebraska (died Jan. 16, 1915) 1891 

JPeter B. Ayars, Delaware (died Jan. 19, 1904) 1892 

JJ. C. Bigger, Texas (died Sept. 24, 1900) 1893 

jCharles H. Shute, Louisiana (died Nov. 26, 1907) 1894 

JS. G. Cosgrove, Washington and Alaska (died in 1911) 1895 

JCharles W. Buckley, Alabama (died Dec. 4, 1906) 1896 

Francis B. Allen, Hartford, Conn 1897 

JDaniel Ross, Delaware (elected Senior Vice, Sept. 6, 1899; office of 

Junior Vice left vacant; died March 26, 1916) 1898 

JMichael Minton, Kentucky (died Oct. 9, 1911) 1899 

JFrank Seaman. Tennessee (died Nov. 20, 1910) 1900 

jJames O'Donnell, Illinois (died Feb. 15, 1910) ." 1901 

jjames P. Averill, Georgia (died Oct. 12, 1904) 1902 

JHarry C. Kessler, Montana (died Sept. 10, 1907) 1903 

JGeorge N. Patten, Tennessee (promoted to Senior Vice-Commander- 

in-Chief; died Sept. 19, 1906) 1904 

JEphraim B. Stillings, Massachusetts (elected to fill vacancy Sept. 4, 

1905; died Dec. 30, 1917) 1905 

Silas H. Towler, Minneapolis, Minn 1905 

E. B. Fenton, Evanston, 111 1906 

William M. Scott, Atlanta, Ga 1907 

Charles C. Royce, Washington, D. C 1908 

JAlfred B. Beers, Connecticut (died March 31, 1920) 1909 

William James, Jacksonville, Fla 1910 

JWilliam A. Ogden, Kansas (died Oct. 31, 1914) 1911 

fAmericus Whedon, Washington, D. C 1912 

A. S. Fowler, Little Rock, Ark 1913 

JW. F. Conner, Dallis, Tex. (promoted to Senior Vice-Commander-in- 

Chief; died March 1, 1919) 1914 

Oscar A. Janes, Detroit, Mich, (elected April 1, 1915) 1915 

Le Vant Dodge, Berea, Ky. 1915 

E. K. Russ, New Orleans, La 1916 

John M. Vernon, Wilmette, 111 1917 

Charles H. Haber, National Soldiers' Home, Va 1918 

Isidore Isaacs, New York City .< 1919 



tComrade AATiedon, Member of National Council of Admini.stration. 
INot now a member of Order. 
♦ Deceased. 



8 FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

The figures within the ( ) indicate the number of each Department in 
order of permanent organization. 



ALABAMA (42) 

[Organized June 26, 1876. Reorganized March 12, 1889. Membership, 
Dec. 31, 1920, 50. Posts, 3.] 

Department Commander James Ashworth Birmingham 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. C. K. Roe Mobile 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Louis Marschael Mobile 

Assistant Adjutant-General Chas. C. Chapin Birmingham 

Representative Alternate 

George Hoenig, Cullman H. F. Dodd, Whistler 

Past Department Commanders 

JCornelius Cadle, 1868-70, tR. H. Allison, 1903. 

JDatus E. Coon, 1871. Henry Chairsell, Birmingham, 1904. 

JGeorge H. Patrick, 1871-80. tA. G.' Negley, 1905. 

JF. G. Sheppard, 1889. JA. N. Ballard, 1906. 

JWilliam H. Hunter, 1890. tW. M. Campbell, 1907. 

tSeymour Bullock, 1891 (died in tChas. E. Peck, 1908 (died in office). 

office). tC. A. Cook, 1908. 

JA. B. Hayes, 1891. tThomas R. Gockel, 1909. 
JWilliam Snyder, 1892. Henry M. Austin, Bedford, Va., 1910. 

tJ. Clyde Millar, 1893 (see Cali- JChas. C. Chapin, Birmingham, 1911. 

fornia and Nevada). §W. H. Brooks, 1912. 

tCharles W. Buckley, 1894. tJoseph Greenwood, 1913. 

tManoah Bostick, 1895. lAnson B. Culver, 1914. 

§Geo. F. Wollenhaupt, 1896. J:Chas. A. Mange, 1915. 

JW. H. Black, 1897. J. J. Powers, Mobile, 1916. 

tA. G. Bethard, 1898. E. F. Quinn, Birmingham, 1917. 

§A. P. Stone. 1899. Isaac W. Higgs, Citronelle, 1918. 

tGeorge B. Randolph, 1900. A. W. Fulghum, Birmingham, 1919. 
fG. F. Jackson, Birmingham, 1901. John A. Barr, Citronelle, 1920. 
JE. D. Bacon, 1902. 

tComrade Jackson, National Council of Administi'ation. 
tComrade Chapin, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
§Not now a member of the Order. 
tDeceased. 

ARIZONA (40) 

[Organized Jan. 17, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 65. Posts, 4.] 

Department Commander W. J. Murphey Phoenix 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Warren E. Day Prescott 

Junior Vice-Department Commander. .James Wiley : Globe 

Assistant Adjutant-General A. J. Sampson Phoenix 

Representative Alternate 

James W. Coverdale, Phoenix. Thomas Boyle, Phoenix. 

Past Department Commanders » 

$A. L. Grow, 1888. JGeorge Broughton, 1899. 

A. B. Sampson, Tuscon, 1889. ±R. H. G. Minty, 1900. 

JGeorge F. Coats, 1890. ^Prosper P. Parker, 1901. 

lEdward Schwartz, 1891-92. IC. F. Schumacher, 1902. 

JDouglas Snyder, 1893. |George W. Sanders, 1903. 

Chas. D. Belden, Ben Avon, Pa., jl. M. Christy, 1904. 

1894. Arthur J. Judd, Prescott, 1905. 

JW. F. R. Schindler, 1895. JJames H. Creighton, 1906. 

fA. J. Sampson, Phoenix, 1896. J:N. S. Fullmer, 1907. 

tGeorge Hoxworth, 1897. tA. J. Doran, 1908. 

JJames Finley, 1898. fD. P. Kyle, 1909. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 9 

Arizona — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

IE. S. Godfrey, Cookstown, N. J., W. M. Grier, Phoenix, 1915. 

1910. George W. Bai'rows, Phoenix, 1916. 

R. H. Green, Phoenix. 1911. Henry H. Farrington, Phoenix, 1917- 

Jas. F. Duncan, Tombstone, 1912. 1918. 

JJ. J. Hill, 1913. A. J. Christian, Phoenix, 1919. 

George W. Reed, Prescott, 1914. J. P. Rhodes, Phoenix, 1920. 

tComrade Sampson. Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Hoxworth. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Kyle. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Godfrey, National Council of Administration. 
♦ Deceased. 

ARKANSAS (31) 

[Organized July 11, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 257. Posts, 12.] 

Department Commander George W. Clark Little Rock 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. M. Sullivan Bentonville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. L. A. Thomas Hot Springs 

Assistant Adjutant-General Jacob E. Leas Little Rock 

Representatives Alternates 

James H. Conlev, Little Rock Charles Ramsey, Little Rock 

M. C. Stouteagle, Little Rock Philip Young, Pine Bluff 

Past Department Commanders 

JStephen Wheeler, 1883-84. Edward T. Wolfe, Mena, 1904. 

C. M. Barnes, Guthrie, Okla., 1885. W. S. Bartholomew, Mansfield, 1905. 

C. C. Waters, Little Rock, 1886. JJohn W. Lane, 1906. 

IThomas Boles, 1887. fCos Altenberg, Little Rock, 1907. 

IS. K. Robinson, 1888. jCharles E. Newman, 1908. 

fA. S. Fowler, Little Rock, 1889-90. JA. Y. Killingsworth, 1909. 
}W. H. H. Clayton, 1891. J. M. McClintock, DeVall's Bluff, 

tPowell Clayton, 1892. 1910. 

tLogan H. Roots, 1893. JR. J. Maxson, 1911. 
JThomas H. Barnes, 1893-94. F. W. Tucker, Little Rock, 1912. 

William C. Roberts, Rogers, 1895. fA. S. Fowler, Little Rock, 1913-14. 

0. M. Spellman, Heber, 1896. Charles S. Warn, Fort Smith, 1915. 

lA. H. Soekland, 1897. H. F. Wallace, Siloam Springs, 1916. 

JW. G. Gray, 1898. O. J. Kyler, Little Rock, 1917. 

tGeorge W. Clark, Little Rock, 1899> Horace Wyman, Bentonville, 1918. 
tA. L. Thompson, 1900. Samuel Henderson, Little Rock, 1919. 

"W. G. Akers, Little Rock, 1901. fJacob E. Leas, Little Rock, 1920. 

J. H. Avery, Hot Springs, 1902-03. 



tComrade Fowler, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Clark, Department Commander. 

tComrade Altenberg, National Council of Administration. 

tComrade Leas, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

JDeceased. 

CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA (10) 

[Organized Feb. 21, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 4,838. Posts, 92.] 

Department Commander William H. Noll Los Angeles 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. S. W. Hopkins Lodi 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. A. W. Caulkins Mountain View 

Assistant Adjutant-General James M. Aubery Los Angeles 

Representatives Alternates 

Levi Garrett, Kingsburg. 0. H. Mennet, Los Angeles. 

W. H. Amos, San Francisco. A. E. Potter, Colusa. 

James H. Riley, San Francisco. Wm. A. Huddart, Berkeley. 

C. A. Fuller, Los Angeles. S. H. Enyeart, Los Angeles. 

R. A. Sarle, San Francisco. P. M. Morgan, Clovis. 

T. K. Stateler, San Francisco. W. W. Murray, Long Beach. 

J. S. Wilson, Los Angeles. W. J. Leiser, Santa Ana. 



10 



FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



California and Nevada — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 



Martin L. Guth, Oakland. 

E. T. Allen, San Francisco. 
J. C. Lawrence, Pasadena. 
A. J. Vining, San Francisco. 

F. E. Wyman, Mountain View. 
W. M. Sanders, Santa Monica. 
Jacob F. Fox'ce, Pasadena. 

G. A. Blank, Oakland. 

S. W. Sutton, Santa Ana. 
J. A. Osgood, San Madre. 



B. B. Paul, San Diego. 

W. G. Bratton. San Francisco. 

George Ober, Berkeley. 

Chas. Reichenbach, San Francisco. 

S. D. Graves, Long Beach-. 

James H. Rouse, Glendale. 

T. L. Haines, Turlock. 

H. L. Judell, San Francisco. 



Past Department Commanders 



Geo. M. Mott, Berkeley, 1900. 
JGeorge Stone, 1901. 
JW. G. Hawlev, 1902. 
tWm. R. Shafter, 1903. 
JChas. T. Rice, 1904. 

W. W. Russell, Berkeley, 1905. 

Wm. C. Alberger, San Francisco, 
1906. 
$Wm. G. Waters, 1907. 

Samuel Merrill, Long Beach, 1908. 

W. S. Daubenspeck, Los Angeles, 
1909. 

E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, 1910. 

H. V. Parker, Los Angeles, 1911. 

W. R. Thomas, Oaklartd, 1912. 

G. M. Stormont, Pomona, 1913. 

B. B. Tuttle, San Francisco, 1914. 
Hiram P. Thompson, San Diego, 

1915. 
A. E. Leavitt, San Francisco, 1916. 

C. H. Haskins, Los Angeles, 1917. 
tJohn H. Roberts, 1918. 

R. C. Martin, Commandant Veterans' 
Home, 1919. 
IGeorge D. Kellogg, 1920 (died in 
office). 
G. M. Burlingame, Pasadena, 1920. 



JJohn F. Miller, 1867 (Provisional). 

:i:James Coey, 1868-69. 

:i;W. L. Campbell, 1870. 

.tW. E. Mc Arthur, 1871-72. 

;i:W. H. Aiken, 1873-74. 

:i:A. Carlson, 1875. 

lA. C. Bagley, 1876. 

fS. W. Backus, San Francisco, 1877. 

JS. P. Ford, 1878-79. 

}C. Mason Kinne, 1880-81. 

JW. A. Robinson, 1882. 

tJ. W. Staples, 1883. 

JJames M. Davis, 1884. 

JR. H. Warfield, 1885. 

:!:W. R. Smedburg, 1886. 

:j;E. S. Salomon, 1887. 

:i:T. H. Goodman, 1888. 

:i:Geo. E. Card, 1889. 

jA. J. Buckles, 1890. 

:i:W. H. L. Barnes. 1891. 

:i;J. B. Fuller, 1892. 

E. C. Seymour, Highlands, 1893. 

J. M. Walling, Nevada City, 1894. 
tC. E. Wilson, 1895. 
$T. C. Masteller, 1896. 

N. P. Chipman, San Francisco, 1897 
JSol Cahen, 1898. 
JA. F. Dill, 1899. 

Transferred from Other Departments 

JJoseph S. Reynolds, 1877, transferred from Illinois. 

W. V. Lucas, Santa Cruz, 1884-86, transferred from South Dakota. 

A. V. Cole, Long Beach, 1885, transferred from Nebraska. 

E. T. Langley, Santa Ana, 1890, transferred from South Dakota. 
:}:William A. Bentley, 1891, transferred from South Dakota. 

J. J. Steadman, Hollywood, 1892, transferred from Iowa. 
:i:J. Clyde Millar, 1893, transferred from Alabama. 
:i:J. p. Cummings, 1894, transferred from Oklahoma. 
JGeorge Hoxworth, 1897, transferred from Arizona. 
j:0. H. Coulter, 1899, transferred from Kansas. 
:i:M. A. Breeden, 1900, transferred from Utah. 

Perry H. Manchester, Escondido, 1900, transferred from Montana. 

A. H. DeGroff, San Jose, 1901, transferred from Wisconsin. 

James E. Burns, Fresno, 1901, transferred from Oklahoma. 

John W. Edwards, National Soldiers' Home, 1902, transferred from New 
Mexico. 

Thomas E. Blanchard, Santa Cruz, 1902, transferred from South Dakota. 

John C. Gibson, San Diego, 1902, transferred from New York. (See North 
Dakota and Oklahoma.) 
JR. H. Mellette, 1907, transferred from Colorado and Wyoming. 

D. P. Kyle, Los Angeles, 1909, transferred from Arizona. 



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California and Nevada— Transferred From Other Departments— Continued 

Frank M. Davis, 1921, transferred from Washington and Alaska. 
Philip Lawrence, 1921, transferred from South Dakota. 
George B. Loud, 1921, transferred from New York. 

TComrade Backus. Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief . 
t Deceased. 

COLORADO AND WYOMING (21) 

[Organized as the Department of Colorado in 1868; reorganized in 1876 as 
Department of the Mountains; name changed to Colorado, July 31, 
1882; name changed to Colorado and Wyoming, August 28, 1889, Mem- 
bership, December 31, 1920, 1,321. Posts, 48.] 

tDepartment Commander James E. Jewel Fort Morgan, Col. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Alexander D. Jameson Golden, Co . 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Frank L. Weaver .Pueblo, Co . 

Assistant Adjutant-General Marshall S. Crawford Denver, Col. 

Representatives Alternates 

George H. Young, Evans, Col. A. H. H. Baxter, La Junta, Col. 

William H. Smith, Boulder, Col. Chris F. Heers, Denver, Col. 

Dan D. Desmond, Denver, Col. T. D. Means, Boulder, Col. 

J. E Laycock, Colorado Springs, Col. Halsey M. Rhoads, Denver, Col. 
William Butler, Longmont, Col. F. D. Hahnenkraft, Colorado Sprmgs, 

Col. 

Past Department Commanders 

■JlF. J. Bancroft, 1868. Thomas J. Downen, Peublo, Col., 

tAndrew Taylor, 1878-79. 1904. 

JJ. W. Donn'ellan, 1880-81. JGeorge W. Curfman, 1905. 

tE. K. Stimson, 1882-83. L. C. Dana, San Diego, Cal., 1906. 

JByron L. Carr, 1884. JR. H. Mellette, 1907. 

tA. V. Bohn, 1885. JH. C. Watson, 1908. 

IHenry Bowman, 1886. John W. Wingate, Durango, Col., 

JGeorge Ady, 1887. 1909. ,^. ^ ■ 

JJohn W. Browning, 1888. JW. W. Ferguson, 1910. (Died m 

JThos. J. Fisher, 1889. office.) 

JDelos L. Holden, 1890. W. H. McDonald, Grand Junction, 

"jGeo. W. Cook, 1891. Col., 1910. 

JJohn C. Kennedy, 1892. JDexter T. Sapp, 1911. 

JMyron W. Reed, 1893. H. M. Minor, Rocky Ford, Col., 1912. 

{Nathaniel Rollins, 1894. C. A. Brooks, Denver, 1913. 

{Nicholas J. O'Brien, 1895. 0. S. Reed, Pueblo, Col., 1914. 

H. O. Dodge, Boulder, Col., 1896. F. 0. Burdick, Boulder, Col., 1915. 

tU. S. Hollister, 1897. JJames Moynahan, 1916. 

iW. T. S. May, 1898. W. H. Comstock, Denver, Col., 1917. 

{Andrew Royal, 1899. Asa Curl, Colorado Springs, Col., 

JH. M. Orahood, 1900. 1918. ^ , .n-,f. 

tLinus E. Sherman, 1901. Carroll M. Bills, Denver, Col., 1919. 

James W. Huff, Goodland, Kan., 1902.tMarshall S. Crawford, Denver, 1920. 
tH. S. Vaughn, 1903. 



tComrade Jewel, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Crawford, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Hollister. See California and Nevada. 
^Deceased. 



CONNECTICUT (6) 

[Organized April 11, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,342. Posts, 56.] 

Department Commander Christian Swartz....S. Norwalk, Conn. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander. Orrin M. Price Norwich, Conn. 



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FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Connecticut — Continued 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Wm. F. Sternberg. .New Britain, Conn. 
Assistant Adjutant-General Albert P. Stark Bristol, Conn. 

Representatives Alternates 

George I. Buxton, Norwalk. John W. Thompson, Stratford. 

David W. Sharpe, New Haven. Chauncey L. Piatt, Norwalk. 

William G. Renfree. Wm. H. Shaffer, Hartford. 

Sylvester G. Jerome, Montville. Andrew Gordon, Hazardville. 

Eugene Davison, Meriden. Henry L. Lankton, Wethersfield. 

Past Department Commanders 

JEdward Harland, 1867. xGustav D. Bates, 1897. 

ITheodore G. Ellis, 1868-69. jWm. E. Simons, 1898. 

tWilliam H. Mallory, 1870-71. JHenry R. Jones, 1899. 

i'L. A. Dickinson, 1872-73. JJohn R. Bucklyn, 1900. 

JCharles L. Buckbee, 1874-75. tThomas Boudren, 1901. 

jWilliam E. Disbrow, 1876-77. N. Burton Rogers, Danbury, 1902. 

JFrank G. Otis, 1878. (Died in office.) Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford, 1903. 

tCharles E. Fowler, 1878-79. .tWilliam C. Hillard,*1904. 

George S. Smith, Norwich, 1880. tAlbert A. May, 1905. 
JAlfred B. Beers, 1881. Virgil F. McNeil, New Haven, 1906. 

tira E. Hicks, 1882. JCharles A. Appel, 1907. 

$lsaac B. Hyatt, 1883. JEdward Griswold, 1908. 
IWilliam Berry, 1884. George Haven, New London, 1909. 

Frank D. Sloat, New Haven, 1885. Richard J. Cutbill, Norwalk, 1911. 
JJohn T. Crary, 1886. William H. Dougal, New Milford, 

JHenry E. Taintor, 1887. 1912. 

Samuel B. Home, Winsted, 1888. JJames R. Sloane, 1913. 
JWilliam H. Pierpont, 1889. Fred V. Streeter, New Britain, 1914. 

JJohn C. Broatch, 1890. Charles Griswold, Guilford, 1915. 

JHenry N. Fanton, 1891. Henry J. Seeley, Bridgeport, 1916. 

-tBenajah E. Smith, 1892. Benjamin H. Cheney, New Haven, 

Wilbur F. Rogers, Meriden, 1893. 1917. 

Selah G. Blakeman, Derby, 1894. tChristian Quien, 1919. 
JJohn M. Brewer, 1895. Randolph Williamson, Hartford, 

jOscar W. Cornish, 1896. 1920-21. • 

+ Deceased. 

DELAWARE (23) 

[Organized Jan. 14, 1881. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 180. Posts, 12.] 

Department Commander William A. Truitt Milford 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles Zerbey Wilmington 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Nathaniel L. Henderson.. ..Wilmington 
Assistant Adjutant-General J. S. Litzenberg Wilmington 

Representatives Alternates 

Wesley E. Boulden, Ruthby. William H. Middleton, Wilmington. 

A. J. Rumford, Wilmington. William H. Worth, Wilmington. 

Past Department Commanders 

tWm. S. McNair, 1881. JSamuel Lewis, 1890. 

JJohn Wainwright, 1882. JA. J. Woodman, 1891. 

JDaniel Ross, 1883. $0. W. Stradley, 1892. 

§C. M. Carey, 1884. JB. D. Bogia, 1893. 

fj. S. Litzenberg, Wilmington, 1885. tj. E. Vantine, 1894. 

tj. M. Dunn, 1886. E. F. Wood, Dover, 1895. 

J. E. Mowbrey, Dover, 1887. JWm. B. Norton. 1896. 

R. G. Buckingham, Newark, 1888. ijlJ. S. Bradley, 1897. 

JPeter B. Ayars, 1889. Robert Liddell, Wilmington, 1898. 



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Delaware — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



tWm. H. Moystin, 1899. 
"Wm. A. Reilly, Wilmington, 1900. 
JJohn W. Worrall, 1901. 
JJohn C. Garner, 1902. 
Wm. G. Baugh, Sr., Edgemoor P. 

1903. 
fWilliam Kelley, Jr., Wilmington, 

1904. 
JWilliam Tharp, 1905. 
lira Lunt, 1906. 
'Jesse Hellings, Willow Grove, Pa., 

1907. 
H. W. Perkins, Wilmington, 1908. 



JWm. H. Blake, 1909. 
George C. Morton, Wilmington, 1910. 
Wm. Mendenhall, Wilmington, 1911. 
Jesse K. Baylis, Wilmington, 1912. 
.,tj. Rankin Armstrong, 1913. 
jjohn T. Reihms, 1914. 
John P. Riley, Wilmington, 1915. 
S. Sheward Johnson, Wilmington, 

1916. 
J. T. Alexander, Wilmington, 1917. 
Orrin J. Cook, Lincoln, 1918. 
R. H. Williams, Marshalltown, 1919. 
C. A. W. Frishmuth, Wilmington, 
1920. 



tComrade Litzenberg. Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Kelley. National Council of Administration. 
§Not now a member. 
^Deceased. 



FLORIDA (36) 

[Organized June 19, 1884. Membership, December 31, 1920, 687. Posts, 23] 

Department Commander George W. Brown St. Cloud 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Samuel Sage Zephyrhills 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. M. W. Monroe Dade City 

Assistant Adjutant-General John I. Cummings St. Cloud 



Representatives 

A. E. Shaffer, Lakeland. 
S. T. Hill, St. Petersburg. 
M. M. Monohan, Tampa. 



Alternates 

J. C. Patterson, Pensacola. 

W. C. Gleason, Taft. 

S. S. Fredenbough, Lakeland. 



Past Department Commanders 



T. S. Wilmarth, Jacksonville, 
1884-85. 
tG. H. Norton, 1886. 

E. W. Henck, Plainfield, 1887. 
fWilliam James, Jacksonville, 1888. 
tj. W. V. R. Plummer, 1889. 
§Fred S. Goodrich, 1890. 

John H. Welsh, Miami, 1891. 
JJ. De V. Hazzard, 1892. 

Geo. F. Foote, Washington, D. C, 
1893. 

David L. Way, Jacksonville, 1894. 
tP. E. McMurray, 1895. 
%h. Y. Jenness, 1896. 

Chas. M. Ellis, Jacksonville, 1897. 

Geo. H. Packwood, Tampa, 1898. 
JEdwin Kirby, 1899. 
tJ. S. Fairhead, 1900. 
IF. G. Parcell, 1901. 
is. Herbert Lancy, 1902. 
tJ. F. Chase, 1903. 



Henry Marcotte, St. Augustine, 
1904. 
JThos. J. Owen, 1905. 
tWilliam E. Emerson, 1906. 
JSamuel W. Fox, 1907. 
JS. R. Hudson, 1908. 

James Skinner, St. Augustine, 1909. 
JJames O. Thompson, 1910. 
{Joseph Bumby, 1911. 
{William P. Lynch, 1912. 
tWm. S. Siggins, 1913. 

Lyman Leighton, St. Petersburg, 
1914. 

James F. Bullard, St. Cloud, 1915. 
JW. H. Melrath, 1916. 
tJohn A. Wallace, .1917. 
tH. B. Jeffries, 1918. 
tTheo. W. B. Brake, 1919. (Died in 
office.) 

Geo. E. Field, Jacksonville, 1919. 

Imri A. Spencer, 1920, St. Peters- 
burg. 



tComrade James. Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

SHonors lost by withdrawal from Order. 

tDeceased. 



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GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA (41) 

[Organized Jan. 25, 1889. Membership, Dec; 31, 1920, 114. Posts, 8.] 

Department Commander C. J. Hitch ' Fitzgerald Ga 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..P. Ryan Savannah cl' 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. A. M. Crosbv Smvrna cJ' 

Assistant Adjutant-General G. E. Whitman.:.":.:.;:.".:::Fit!gefaM^^ Ga 

Representatives Alternates 

J. H. Rinard, Birmingham, Ala. William Walpert, Atlanta, Ga. 

Past Department Commanders 

A E. Sholes, Flushing, N. Y., 1891. JO. P. Webster, 1907. 

fThos. F Gleason 1892-93. JLeander Scott 1908. 
!?■ S' Sn^'iio?^- ^^^^- R- Haskins, Atlanta, Ga., 1909. 

ti i?'t^J^'i""' \f^-u- .tS. C. Brown, 1910. 
^ leaS^'^' Washington, D. C, F. A. Jones, Tallapoosa, Ga., 1911 

tT DA -1, .on., JC. H. Brooks, 1912. 

H.'Zl n ^^Z'\ ^^^^- -n o ^ P- Q- Stoner, Soldiers' Home, Cali- 
James O. Ladd, Summerville, S. C, fornia 1913 

A}.^^S?l;- A.i . ^ I- C. Wade,' Cornelia, Ga., 1914. 

Alex. Mattison, Atlanta, Ga., 1899. tW. B Todd 1915 
JS. A. Darnell, 1900. |r g Smith' 1916 

J^^M ^^^''rj' Ki^^^J^'^^l^' ^^^ l^^l- tG- E. Whitnian, Fitzgerald, 1917 
tW.M Scott Atlanta, Ga., 1902. W. P. Randall. Atlanta, 1918. 

it. D. Lee, 1903. j. M. Mosher, Fitzgerald, 1919 

trw% p T''f''''''i'nn?^^- ^^^ M- Swartz, Portland, Ore., 1920. 

TC^nas. b . Fairbanks, 1905. , 

t^SI^I^o^'' ^r""' ^''''^ Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Clem. Past Senior Vice-Comminder-in-Chief 

tSe^ea^sed. ^""'''"' ^^**°"^' t^'°""^" "^ Administration; also A. A. G. 

IDAHO (39) 

[Organized January 11, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 356 Posts 17] 

Department Commander W. S. Hawkes ' Caldwell 

Senior Vice-Department Commander. Wm. Bower Boise 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. M. Gill Ro ^p 

Assistant Adjutant-General s. H. RusseiL:::::::::::;:::::::::::;::;;:;:::Boise 

Representatives Alternates 

V S" w ™2i'"' Sandpoint. S. M. C. Reynolds, Boise. 

J. D. Wentley, Boise. Geo. Gardner, Emmett. 

Past Department Commanders 

1^- ?-^yf' ^^f^Ac, tGeo. A. Manning, 1905. 

tw T ^^^'''Alf- Alfred Anderson, Boise, 1906. 

tW. T. Riley 1890 _ ja. M. Rowe, 1907. 

Judson Spofford Boise, 1891. JWm. K. Jameson, 1908. 

A. O. Ingalls, Murray, 1892. Stewart Young, Rathdrum, 1909. 

R. H. Barton, Moscow, 1893. Willard White, Boise, 1910. 

in w ^""T^' ^fon-. §M. W. Wood, Boise, 1911. 

T T T?n i'i^l^^- .oo. Jas. W. Shields, Twin Falls, 1912. 

J. L. Fuller Shoshone, 1896. A. G. Nettleton, Nampa, 1913. 

JJ^'"^«1 Smith 1897 JH. J. Newhouse, 1914 

t?- /• Knnball, 1898 jWm. H. Cable, 1915. 
|SL. Thompson 1899 R. h. Barnes, Twin Falls, 1916. 

if harles A. Clark, 1900. fGeo. F. Kimery, Boise, 1917. 
tWilliam C. Maxey 1901. F. T. Page, Weiser, 1918. 

l^^% ^xn fJ-^''"'.^^^^- Silas Wilson, Nampa, 1919. 

r I" ^ 1"'^'iv ^•^^^- ,.. John Carr, Coeur d'Alene, 1920. 

C. b . Drake, Weiser, 1904. 

■Comrade Kimery, National Council of Administration. 

+ lJeceasea. 

§ Comrade Wood. Inspector-General. 



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ILLINOIS (1) 

[Organized April 6, 1866. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 6,868. Posts, 326.] 

Department Commander William P. Wright -Chicago 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Joe Bell Ualesburg 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..W. M. Hanna ^F^^^ 

Assistant Adjutant-General Henry C. Cooke Chicago 

Representatives Alternates 

C. E. Vaughan, Chicago. J. W. Latimer, Chicago. 

M Hulett, Chicago. J. L- Dannenhower, Chicago. 

W H H Peirce, Chicago. Wm. Metzger, Chicago. 

Frank J. Rhyner, Chicago. E. R. Lewis, Chicago. 

J B. Thomas, Chicago. Charles Smith, Chicago. 

William D. Broomhead. Henry Barnard, Chicago. 

E K. Fassett, Chicago. Gilbert R. Tucker, Chicago. 

H M Pense Chicago. E. A. Cummings, Chicago. 

J.' Carmichael, Chicago. S. M. Titus, Chicago. 

Samuel J. Pope, Libertyville. R. N. Peterson, Chicago. 

Samuel Beales, Aurora. F. H. Hotz Aurora 

J C Deegan, Ransom. C. T. Marsh, Rockford. 

George H. Sanders, Rochelle. George A. Brown, Oregon. 

E M. Robbins, Carthage. W. H. Hamlin, Macomb. 

Henry C. Turner, Quincy. D. S. Hecker, Galesburg. 

Aaron Dunbar, Princeton. B. C. Bryner, Peoria. 

A. T. Ives, Bloomington. Geo. W. Hiser, Lexington. 

J P Bailey Danville. Johnson Gammel, Danville. 

Daniel B. Gulp, Decatur. J. B. Nowlin, Farmer City. 

L. Goheen, Jacksonville. Ed. Penstone, Griggsville. 

Ed A Baxter, Pawnee. John Underfanger, Springheld. 

J. G. Oulson, Godfrey. H. A. Prable, Alton. 

D C. Zimmerman, Vandalia. J. T. Cunningham, Centralia. 

W. J. Libberton, Chicago. Geo. W. Huntoon, Waukegan. 

Past Department Commanders 

tB. F. Stephenson, 1866. fJohn B. Inman, Springfield, 111., 

JJohn M. Palmer, 1866-68. 1899. 

JCharles E. Lippincott, 1871. JJ. M. Longnecker. 1900. 

JGuy T. Gould, 1873. JN. B. Thistlewood, 1901. 

JH. Hillard, 1874-76. tH. M. Trimble, 1902. 

JJoseph S. Reynolds, 1877. JBenson Wood, 1903. 

T. B. Coulter, Canon City, Col., tRobert Mann Woods, 1904. 

1878. ■ JJohn C. Smith, 1905. 

JEdgar D. Swain, 1879-80. tEdwin H. Buck, 1906. 

JJ. W. Burst, 1881. JA. C. Mathews, 1907. 

IThomas G. Lawler, 1882. JJoseph Rosenbaum, 1908. 

JSamuel A. Harper, 1883. JPhilip C. Hayes 1909 

$L. T. Dickason, 1884. JJames A. Connolly, 1910. 

JW. W. Berry, 1885. tC. C. DuflFy, 1911. 

tPhilip Sidney Post, 1886. JThomas H. Gault, 1912. 

tA. C. Sweetser, 1887. J. H. Crowder, Bethany, II ., 1913 

JJames A. Sexton, 1888. Samuel Fallows, Chicago, I 1., 1914. 

tJames S. Martin, 1889. John M. Snyder, Canton, 111., 1915. 

tWilliam L. Distin, 1890. W. F. Calhoun, Decatur, IlL, 191b. 

tHorace S. Clark, 1891. C. S. Bentley, LaGrange, 1917. 

tEdwin Harlan, 1892. Joseph W. Fifer, Bloomington, 191». 

JEdward A. Blodgett, 1893. Henry D. Fulton, Chicago, .1919. 

tH. H. McDowell, 1894. lEdwin N. Armstrong, Peoria, 1920. 

iWilliam H. Powell, 1895. Milton Stewart, Chicago, 1885, trans- 

W. G. Cochran, Sullivan, 111., 1896. ferred from Kansas. 

JA. L. Schimpff, 1897. tCharles M. Travis, 1899, transferred 

JJohn C. Black, 1898. from Indiana. 

■i-Comra.de Inman, National Council of Administration. 
JDeceased. 



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INDIANA (20) 

[Organized August 20, 1866. Reorganized October 3, 1879. Membership, 
December 31, 1920, 5,949. Posts, 220.] 

Department Commander , Richard H. Tyner Newcastle 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Z. T. Landers'. Indianapolis 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. D. L. Beaber ...Fort Wayne 

Assistant Adjutant-General Albert J. Ball Indianapolis 

Representatives Alternates 

C. C. Schreeder, Evansville. William L. Heiskell. Indianapolis. 

J. T. Carpenter, Princeton. J. W. Spain, Evansville. 

Thomas Wirt, Odon. William Brewer, Worthington. 

Louis Bir, New Albany. John Marsh, New Albany. 

Watson Bostic, Greensburg. Thomas Day, Versailles. 

W. F. Kendall, Columbus. Henry Short, Greensburg. 

H. P. Dorsett, Greencastle. Oscar Rankin, Terre Haute. 

J. F. Davenport, Richmond. T. B. Wilkinson, Knightstown. 

W. D. Wilson, Indianapolis. Robert Clark, Indianapolis. 

I. S. Wagner, Indianapolis. Chas. Chappell, Indianapolis. 

A. J. Harris, Union City. James Werking, Anderson. 

E. S. Fisher, Bluffton. Henry Deselmo, Winchester. 

T. R. Caldwell, Lebanon. Solomon Burkett, Kokomo, 

I. T. Huckleberry, Zionsville. John H. Cox, Sheridan. 

George Bringham, Lafayette. D. E. Bedford, Lafayette. 

L. Ross, Lafayette. Solomon Penrod, Lafayette. 

James P. Ross, Wabash. J. A. Clevenger, North Manchester. 

Charles E. Hale, Logansport. William J. Abbott, Liberty Mills. 

William Engle, Fort Wayne. William Riddle, Kendalville. 

H. A. Root, Michigan City. Charles Larimore, Knox. 

John C. Gordon, Argos. Samuel Heininger, Elkhart. 

Past Department Commanders 

JRobert S. Foster, 1866-68. JMilton Garrigus, 1901. 

tNathan Kimball, 1867. JBenjamin Starr, 1902. 

JOhver M. Wilson, 1869. George W. Grubbs, Martinsville, 

JLouis Humphrey, 1870-71. 1903. 

^Jonathan B. Hager, 1879. JDaniel R. Lucas, 1904. 

tSamuel E. Armstrong, 1880. JMarine D. Tackett, 1905. 

tWilliam W. Dudley, 1881. Edmund R. Brown, Winamac, 1906. 

tJames R. Carnahan, 1882-83. fWilliam A. Ketcham, Indianapolis, 

Edwin Nicar, South Bend, 1884. 1907. 

David N. Foster, Fort Wayne, 1885. John D. Alexander, Springville, 
JThomas W. Bennett, 1886. 1908. 

Jlra J. Chase, 1887. JOrlando A. Somers, 1909. 

Argus D. Vanosdol, Madison, 1888. JAlexander P. Asburv, 1910. 

JChas. M. Travis, 1889, transferred .tDaniel Waugh, 1911. 

to Illinois. JFrank Swigart, 1912. (Died in 

Gil R. Stormont, 1890, Command- office.) 

ant S. S. Home, Lafayette. Wilber E. Gorsuch, South Bend, 

tlvan N. Walker, 1891. 1912. 

JJoseph B. Cheadle, 1892. tDaniel W. Comstock, 1913. 

JJames T. Johnston, 1893. fA. B. Crampton, 1914. 
JAlbert 0. Marsh, 1894. Lewis King, Columbus, 1915. 

JHarvey B. Shively, 1895. V. V. Williams, Bedford, 1916. 

Henry M. Caylor, Noblesville, 1896. Samuel M. Hench, Fort Wayne, 1917. 

James S. Dodge, Elkhart, 1897. Alonzo Murphy, Greensburg, 1918. 

Daniel Ryan, Morristown, 1898. JWilliam F. Medsker, 1919. 
JWilliam L. Dunlap, 1899. Robt. W. McBride, Indianapolis, 1920. 

David E. Beem, Spencer, 1900. ^ 

tComrade Ketcham. Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Crampton. See Department of AViscon.sin. 

JDeceased. 



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IOWA (19) 

rOrganized Sept. 26, 1866. Reorganized Jan. 23, 1879. Membership, Dec. 
31, 1920, 4,930. Posts, 254.] 

Department Commander J. B. Harsh Creston 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. T. F. Shannon Waterloo 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..W. A. Abbott Des Momes 

Assistant Adjutant-General J. Z. Benson, Marshalltown P. O., Des 

Moines 

Representatives Alternates 

W. W. Gist, Cedar Falls. D. A. Boyer, Washington. 

W. C. Saunders, Wapello. W. F. Gilbert, Burhngton. 

A. M. Taylor, Farmington. J. M. Corwin, Farmmgton. 

S. E. Waicott, Davenport. John Koehler, Muscatme. 

G. W. Bothwell, Waterloo. E. L. Sweet, Manchester. 

Chas. M. Adams, Mason City. J. J. Earle, West Union. 
C. H. Wickersham, Marshalltown. David Clark, Traer. 

J. S. Nichols, Oskaloosa. John C. Slaughter, Ottumwa. 

John Anderson, Winterset. J. H. Shammo, Nevada. 

E. H. Scales, Corydon. J. M. Cudgel, Shenandoah. 

C. A. Knight, Mt. Ayr. John Noble, New Market. 

C. Teeman, Villisca. Sidney Pitt, Logan. 

James Cowdy, Stuart. Geo. W. Pierce, Red Oak. 

J. R. White, Webster City. I. N. Stotts, Boone. 

S. C. Spear, Algona. Fred Bauer, Webster City. 

W. S. Freeman, Lemars. M. W. Gardner, Sioux City. 

J. C. McCoy, Spencer. ' ^ W. S. C. King, Sioux City. 

Past Department Commanders 

JJ C Parrott, 1874-75. C. F. Bailey, Barney, N. D., 1899. 

tA. A. Perkins, 1876-78. JM. B. Davis, 1900. 
JH. E. Griswold, 1879. George Metzger, Davenport, 1901. 

Jw. F. Conrad, 1880. JJohn Lindt, 1902. 

Peter V. Carey, Des Moines, 1881. jL. B. Raymond, 1903. 
fCeorge B Hogin, 1882. R. T. St. John, Riceville, 1904. 

JJohn B. Cook, 1883. JS. H. Harper, 1905. 

tE. G. Miller, 1884. tC. A. Clark, 1906. 

tW. R. Manning, 1885. fD. J. Palmer, Washington, 1907. 
""W. A. McHenry, Denison, 1886. J. C. Milliman, Logan, 1908. 

$J M. Tuttle, 1887. M. McDonald, Bayard, 1909. 

JE. A. Consigny, 1888. JH. A. Dyer, 1910. 

:i:Chas. H. Smith, 1889. JLot Abraham, 1911. 
tMason P. Mills, 1890. J. D. Brown, Leon, 1912. 

JChas. L. Davidson, 1891. fj. W. Willett, Tama, 1913. 
fj. J. Steadman, Los Angeles, Cal., Byron C. Ward, Des Moines, 1914. 

1892. jJohn E. Merry, 1915. 
tPhil Schaller, 1893. John H. Mills, Redfield, 1916. 

tGeo. A. Newman, 1894. J. L. Farrington, Iowa Falls, 1917. 

tj K P Thompson, 1895. E, J. C. Bealer, Cedar Rapids, 1918. 

tjosiah Given, 1896. A. G. Beatty, Independence, 1919. 

tA. H. Evans, 1897. R. L. Chase, Des Moines, 1920. 

'R. W. Tirrell, Manchester, 1898. 

tComrade Steadman. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Palmer, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
TComrade Willett, National Council of Administration. 
JDeceased. 

KANSAS (22) 

[Organized December 7, 1866. Reorganized March 16, 1880. Membership 
December 31, 1920, 4,637; Posts 255] 

Department Commander George P. Washburn ....„ Ottawa 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..E. W. Bowman Wichita 



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Kansas — Continued 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. B. Rhodes Manhattan 

Assistant Adjutant-General Jas. S. Forgey Topeka 



Representatives 

J. G. Hanna, Hiawatha. 

D. Byington, Leavenworth. 

E. S. Kirkpatrick, Wellsville. 
J. H. Osborne, Humboldt. 
Geo. J. Abbott, Fredonia. 

J. A. Dickey, Chanute. 

R. D. Crow, Peabody. 

J. W. Gray, Council Grove. 

W. T. Short, Concordia. 

W. H. Smith, Maryville. 

W. H. Hollingsheadj Norton. 

Wesley Harbison, Jewell. 

R. H. Cleai'water, Hutchinson. 

L. N. Wilson, Ness City. 

Fred Jackson, McPherson. 

S. M. Vick, Wellington. 



Alternates 

W. J. Stagg, Topeka. 
G. Kinzie, Hiawatha. 
F. D. Woodward, Leavenworth (N. 

M. H.) 
M. R. Harris, Ottawa. 

A. L. Lamb, Parsons. 
J. A. Boutell, Howard. 
Geo. Plumb, Emporia. 
J. H. Harvey, Emporia. 

B. F. Peeler, Salina. 
J. Haynes, Courtland. 
A. B. Oyler, Norton. 
Joseph Woodcock, Mankato. 
J. E. Holmes, Hutchinson. 
M. G. Davidson, Nickerson. 
Frank Tate, Wellington. 

J[^',Joe Witchright, Wellington. 



Past Department Commanders 



tJohn A. Martin, 1866-67. 

John C. Carpenter, Chanute, 1868. 
tW. S. Kenkins, 1872-73 (see Mis- 

soui'i). 
JStephen A. Cobb, 1874-75. 
JJohn Guthrie, 1876. 
tJ. H. Gilpatrick, 1877-78. 
$J. C. Walkinshaw, 1879-82. 
IThomas J. Anderson, 1883. 
JHomer W. Pond, 1884. 
fMilton J. Stewart, Chicago, 111., 

1885. 
IC. J. McDivitt, 1886. 
JT. H. Soward, 1887. 
JJ. W. Feighan, 1888. 
JHenry Booth, 1889. 

Ira F. Collins, Sabetha, 1890. 
tTimothv McCarthy, 1891. 

Bernard Kelley, Topeka, 1892. 
JA. R. Green, 1893. 

W. P. Campbell, Wichita, 1894. 
tJohn P. Harris, 1895. 
JW. C. Whitney, 1896. 
JTheo. Botkin, 1897. 



tD. W. Eastman, 1898 (see Okla- 
homa). 
JO. H. Coulter, 1899 (see California 
and Nevada). 

W. W. Martin, National Military 
Home, 1900. 
JJ. B. Remington, 1901. 
JH. C. Loomis, 1902. 
.TAbraham W. Smith, 1903. 
tCharles Harris, 1904. 

P. H. Coney. Topeka, 1905-06. 

R. A. Campbell, Hutchinson, 1907. 
tW. A. Morgan, 1908. 

Joel H. .Rickel, Chanute, 1909. 
$Nathan E. Harmon, 1910. 
JT. P. Anderson, 1911. 

J. N. Harrison, Topeka, 1912-13. 
lira D. Brougher, 1914. 

C. A. Meek, Wichita, 1915. 

R. M. Painter, Meade, 1916. 

A. C. Pierce, Junction City, 1917. 
JW. W. Smith, 1918. 

Theodore Gardner, Lawrence, 1919. 

Joseph A. Walter, Great Bend, 1920. 



''Comrade Stewart. See Illinois. 
^Deceased. 



KENTUCKY (27) 

[Organized Jan. 16, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 485. Posts, 54.] 

Department Commander Jacob Seibert Louisville 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. E. F. Tucker Greensburg 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. E. W. Chenolt Lexington 

Assistant Adjutant^General John Barr Lebanon 



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Kentucky — Continued 



Representatives 

Wm. G. Stewart, Frankfoi't. 
John T. English, Prospect. 
Jesse H. Green, Dayton. 



Alternates 

John Talbert, Winchester. 
W. H. Foster, Owensboro. 
A. L. Scudder, Covington. 



Past Department Commanders 



:l:J. C. Michie, 1883. 
tW. H. Harton, 1884. 
JGeorge W. Northrup, 1885. 
JThos. Z. Morrow, 1886. 
JWilliam Bowman, 1887. 
JOrrin A. Reynolds, 1888. 
iVincent Boreing, 1889. 
jMichael Minton, 1890. 
iSamuel G. Hillis, 1891. 
tEdward H. Hobson, 1892. 
JT. Edward Livezey, 1893. 
JDaniel O'Rilev, 1894. 
iRobert M. Kelly, 1895. 
fAmericus Whedon, Washington, 

D. C, 1896. 
JAndrew J. Tharp, 1897. 

J. W. Hammond, Louisville,, 1898. 
xJoseph H. Browning, 1899. 

L. M. Drye, Bradfordsville, 1900. 
JJohn Blaes, 1901. 



JT. F. Beyland, 1902. 

W. G. Foree, Indianapolis, Ind., 
'1903. 
tWilliam T. Bausmith, 1904. 

Bernard Mathews, Louisville, 1905. 
tGeorge T. Grinstead, 1906. 
fLe Vant Dodge, Berea, 1907-8. 
tR. B. Hewetson, 1909. 

Sanford D. Van Pelt, Danville, 1910. 
JCharles C. Degman, 1911. 
fJohn Barr, Lebanon, 1912. 
JW. J. L. Hughes, 1913. 

Edwin Farley, Paducah, 1914. 

John T. Gunn, Lexington, 1915. 
JSam D. Brown, 1916. 

J. R. Howard, Lexington, 1917. 

T. A. Casey, Dayton, 1918. 

Andrew Offutt, Lebanon, 1919. 

M. H. Davidson, Louisville, 1920. 



^Comrade Whedon. National Council of Administration. 
! Comrade Dodge. Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Barr, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
IDeceased. 



LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI (35) 

[Organized as the Department of the Gulf, May 15, 1884. Changed to 
Louisiana and Mississippi, June 13, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 
239. Posts, 23.] 

Department Commander Lewis Herman New Orleans, La. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Jules Narcis New Orleans, La. 

Junior Vice-Department Commander. John Wright Vicksburg, Miss. 

Assistant Adjutant-General O. Pilman New Orleans, La. 

Representatives Alternates 

fBasile Ulgere, New Orleans, La. Prospere Serean, Gretna, La. 
Clayton Augustus, Vicksburg, Miss. Chas. Desho, New Orleans, La. 

Past Department Commanders 

tW^illiam Roy, 1884. JP. H. Boyle, 1906-7. 

J. W. Scully, 1885. (See Dept. of IJames Lewis, 1908. 

Georgia and South Carolina.) J. A. Brookshire, Beaumont, Tex 
iA. S. Badger, 1888-89. 1909. 

jCharles H. Shute, 1893. fE. K. Russ, Gulfport, Miss, 1910-15. 

JChas. W. Keeting, 1894-99, 1902-4. JE. T. Gipson, 1916-18. 

JF. C. Antoine, 1900. JH. N. Singleton, 1919. 

Paul Bruce, New Orleans, 1901. John Pierce, New Orleans, La., 1920. 

J. S. Davidson, New Orleans, 1905. 



^Comrade Ulgers, National Council of Administration. 
■J^Comrade Russ, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tDeceased. 



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MAINE (9) 

[Organized Jan. 10, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,580. Posts, 102.] 

Department Commander Edward A. Butler.. ._ Rockland 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. George E. Gay Augusta 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George O. D. Soule Portland 

Assistant Adjutant-General Fred A. Motley Portland 

Representatives Alternates 

Thomas N. Ayer, Alna. O. F. Glidden, Portland. 

John Manroe, Mechanic Falls. Joseph Raynes, Yarmouthville. 

A. H. Pratt, Howes Corner. S. E. Yates, Calais. 

George W. Smith, Walnut Hill. J. E. Thompson, Westbrook. 

M. C. Morrill, Gray. James S. Wood, Dover. 

A. W. Gray, Brownfield. fAlphonzo Rollins, Portland. 

Past Department Commanders 

JGeorge L. Beal, 1868-69. JCharles A. Southard, 1898. 

JCharles P. Mattocks, 1870-71. JFrederick Robie, 1899. 

tDaniel White, 1872-73. JSeth T. Snipe, 1900. 

tSeldon Connor, 1874-75. William Z. Clayton, Bangor, 1901. 

INelson Howard, 1876. James L. Merrick, Waterville, 1902. 

JJohn D. Myrick, 1877. JJoshua L. ChamberFain, 1903. 

{Augustus C. Hamlin, 1878. Edwin C. Milliken, Portland, 1904. 

tWindsor B. Smith, 1879. {Henry .0. Perry, 1905. 

{Isaac S. Bangs, 1880. {Frederick S. Walls, 1906. 

{William G. Haskell, 1881. {Frank F. Goss, 1907. 

{Augustus B. Farnham, 1882. Woodbury K. Dana, Westbrook, 

{Elisha M. Shaw, 1883. 1908. 

{Benjamin Williams, 1884. {Augustus W. McCausland, 1909. 

{James A. Hall, 1885. {John W. Webster, 1910. 

{Samuel W. Lane, 1886. Edwin Rilev, Livermore Falls, 1911. 

{Richard K. Gatley, 1887. William H. Holston, Cumberland 

{Horace H. Burbank, 1888. Mills, 1912. 

Franklin M. Drew, Lewiston, 1889. {John F. Lamb, 1913. 

John D. Anderson, Gray, 1890. Thomas S. Benson, Sidney, 1914. 

{Samuel D. Miller, 1891. Simon S. Andrews, Biddeford, 1915. 

{Isaac Dyer, 1892. Tobias L. Eastman, Fryeberg, 1916. 

{Wainwright Gushing, 1893. John Quincy Adams, Houlton, 1917. 

{J. Wesley Oilman, 1894. {Fred A. Motley, Portland, 1918. 
{William H. Green, 1895. George W. Goulding, Oakland, 1919. 

{Lorenzo D. Carver, 1896. Henry E. Merriam, Gardiner, 1920. 

Leroy T. Carleton, Winthrop, 1897. 

tComrade Milliken, Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
, tComrade Motley, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Rollins, National Council of Administration. 
♦ Deceased. 

MARYLAND (16) 

[Organized Jan. 8, 1868. Reorganized June 9, 1876. Membership, Dec. 31, 
1920, 774. Posts, 44.] 

Department Commander George T. Leech Baltimore 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. George B. Boutelle Baltimore 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Joshua Thomas Hagerstown 

Assistant Adjutant-General Robert C. Sunstrom Baltimore 

Representatives Alternates 

John H. Brandt, Baltimore. None given 

George F. Fisher, Hagerstown. 
Thomas Weatherstine, Baltimore. 
James T. Mitchell, Baltimore. 



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Maryland — Continued 
Past Department Commanders 

tAndrew W. Dennison, 1867-8-9. tDavid L. Stanton, 1898. 

iE. W. Goldsboroug:h, 1870. .tLewis M. Zimmerman, 1899. 

E. T. Daneker, Baltimore, 1871. rJohn R. King, Baltimore, 1900. 

iAdam E. King, 1872. tJohn G. Taylor, 1901. 

$E. B. Tyler, 1876-7-8. t.John W. Worth, 1902. 

fW. E. Griffith, 1879. JWilliam Stahl, 1903. 

JW. E. W. Ross, 1880-81. James Campbell, Barton, 1904. 

Gi-aham Dukehart, Baltimore, 1882. JRichard N. Bowerman, 1905. 

tJohn Suter, 1883. George Prechtel, Upperco, 1906. 

tFrank M. Smith, 1884. tFred C. Tarr, 1907. 

jjohn W. Horn, 1885. fRobt. C. Sunstrom, Baltimore, 1908. 

Geo. W. F. Vernon, Baltimore, 1886.tBenjamin F. Taylor, 1909. 

JHenry P. Underbill, 1887. Wm. J. Vannort, Chestertown, 1910. 

ITheodore F. Lang, 1888. John T. Holmes, Baltimore, 1911. 

Geo. F. Wheeler, Baltimore, 1889. fGeorge Prechtel, 1912. 

JGeorge R. Graham, 1890. Charles N. Emich, Baltimore, 1913. 

JJoseph C. Hill, 1891. Albert K. Young, Bridgeton, N. J., 
IWallace A. Bartlett, 1892. 1914. 

tFrank Nolen, 1893. Joseph Brooks, Baltimore, 1915. 

tMyron I. Rose, 1894. James E. Van Sant, Ellicott City, 
tOliver A. Horner, 1895. 1916. 

JA. S. Cooper, 1896. E. Walter Giles. Baltimore, 1917-18. 

+George W. Johnson, 1897. fGeorge T. Leech, Baltimore, 1919-20. 

tComrade King, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Sunstrom, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Prechtel, Department Commander in 1906. 
tComrade Leech. Department Commander. 
tComrade Griffith. Transferred. 
JDeceased. 

MASSACHUSETTS (7) 

[Organized May 7, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 5,356. Posts, 190.] 

Department Commander Edwin F. Morrill Everett 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Henry Clark Cambridge 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George W. Pratt .....Stoughton 

Assistant Adjutant-General Philip A. Nordell Boston 

Representatives Alternates 

A. B. Pierce, Natick. John Gilbert, Fall River. 

Joseph Bowers, Fall River. Henry N. Hopkins, Taunton. 

John H. Lawrence, New Bedford. George A. Burgess, Plymouth. 

Edward Mottau, Brockton. James McElroy, Stoughton. 

Henry A. Monk, Braintree. Henry J. Bardwell, Boston. 

Wm. J. Hargraves, West Roxbury. George E. M. Ide, Hdye Park. 

Albion P. Peace, Boston. A. A. Rackliff, Danvers. 

Edward G. Winchester, Gloucester. James A. Wright, Beverly. 

J. Frank Dalton, Salem. Benjamin R. Newhall, Lynn. 

Eugene M. Libbey, Lynn. A. M. Munro, Hudson. 

John Flood, Nevd;on. William H. Benjamin, Watertown. 

James Beatty, Waltham. Aug. S. Trowbridge, Framingham. 

George Rouillard, Beachmont. Sumner Holmes, North Brookfield. 

Wm. H. Hinman, North Brookfield. George M. Greene, Milford. 

Albert McCausland, Fitchburg. Melvin H. Walker, Westboro. 

Charles E. Morey, Worcester. George W. Corey, Southbridge. 

John W. Fairbanks, Wesbury. Henry H. Hoisiiigton, Springfield. 

Edwin S. Witherell, Springfield. George J. Montgomery, North Adams, 
John P. Thompson, Northampton. 

Past Department Commanders 

lAustin S. Cushman, 1866-67. JFrancis A. Osborn, 1869. 

JA. B. R. Sprague, 1868. JJames L. Bates, 1870. 



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Massachusetts — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

tWilliam Cogswell, 1871. tWilliam H. Bartlett, 1898. 

tHenry R. Sibley, 1872. jjohn E. Oilman, 1899. 

JAdin B. Underwood, 1873. JPeter D. Smith, 1900. 

JJohn W. Kimball, 1874. JSilas A. Barton, 1901. 

JOeorge S. Merrill, 1875. JW. A. Blackmar, 1902. 

JHorace B. Sargent, 1876-78. JDwight O. Judd, 1903. 

$John 0. B. Adams, 1879. JLucius Field, 1904. 

tJohn A. Hawes, 1880. JJames H. WolflF, 1905. 

JOeorge W. Creasey, 1881. J. Payson Bradley, Boston, 1906. 

iOeorge H. Patch, 1882. JDaniel H. L. Oleason, 1907. 

JOeorge S. Evans, 1883. JAlfred S. Roe, 1908. 

John D. Billings, Allston, 1884. jJohn L. Parker, 1909. 

tJohn W. Hersey, 1885. JJ. Willard Brown, 1910 (died in 
tRichard F. Tobin, 1886. office). 

iCharles D. Nash, 1887. Granville C. Fiske, Ashland, 1910-11. 

JMyron P. Walker, 1888. fGeo. A. Hosley, Chester, N. H., 1912. 
JOeorge L. Ooodale, 1889. Thomas J. Ames, Leominster, 1913. 

JOeorge H. Innis, 1890. John M. Woods, Somerville, 1914. 

JArthur A. Smith, 1891. Alfred H. Knowles, Arlington, 1915. 

JJames K. Churchill, 1892. Francis E. Mole, Adams, 1916. 

JEli W. Hall, 1893. Daniel E. Denny, Worcester, 1917. 

fWilfred A. Wetherbee, Boston, 1894. Edwin P. Stanley, Manchester, 1918. 
tJoseph W. Thayer, 1895. Oeorge W. Wilder, Boston, 1919. 

{William P. Derby, 1896. Horace Goodwin, Westfield, 1920. 

JJohn M. Deane, 1897. 

tComrade Hosley, Senior Vice-Coininander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Sibley, lionorably discharged from the Order. 
tComrade Wetherbee, National Council of Administration. 
JDeceased. 

MICHIGAN (18) 

[Organized May 6, 1868. Reorganized Jan. 22, 1879. Membership, Dec. 
31, 1920, 4,0C0. Posts, 212.] 

Department Commander J. J. Holmes Eaton Rapids 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. E. A. Jennings Flint 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George D. Freeman .' Detroit 

Assistant Adjutant-General Henry Spaulding Lansing 

Representatives Alternates 

J. R. Stephenson, Grand Rapids. Frank McPhillips, Saginaw. 

A. L. Sawyer, Detroit. C. B. Andrews, Redford. 

C. G. Drake, Adrian. James Sutton, Jackson. 

J. A. Todd, Kalamazoo. George W. Downey, Kalamazoo. 

W. A. Preston, St. Joseph. John Seel, Benton Harbor. 

Kommer Esvald, Grand Rapids. John Barrett, Grand Rapids. 

John Davidson, Lansing. John Begg, Flint. 

Lavant Carter, Lapeer. A. L. Bryant, Lansing. 

William G. Miner, Portland. William McNitt, Saginaw. 

M. D. Richardson, Lansing. A. A. Miner, Luther. 

Charles Housch, Bay City. L. T. Loveless, Big Rapids. 

John 0. Berry, Gaylord. A. Van Auken, Vanderbilt. 

W. H. Mason, Hancock. Court Moore, Marquette. 

Robert Morris, Detroit. Freeman A. Pierce, Detroit. 

Past Department Commanders 

JR A. Alger, 1867 (provisional). fOscar A. Janes, Detroit, 1883. 

JWilliam A. Throop, 1868. JRush J. Shank, 1884. 

JWilliam Humphrey, 1869-70. jCharles D. Long, 1885. 

JC V R. Pond, 1878-79. John Northwood, New Lothrop, 

JA. T. McReynolds, 1880. 1886. 

"Byron R. Pierce, Grand Rapids, JL. G. Rutherford, 1887. 

1881-82. fWashington Gardner, Albion, 1888. 



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Michigan — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



JMichael Brown, 1889. 
JHenry M. Duffield, 1890. 
JCharles L. Eaton, 1891. 
J:Henrv S. Dean, 1892. 
tJame's H. Kidd, 1893. 

Louis Kanitz, Muskegon, 1894. 
JS. B. Daboll, 1895. 
tWilliam Shakespeare, 1896. 
JAaron T. Bliss, 1897. 
tAlex Patrick, 1898. 
tRussell R. Pealer, 1899. 
JEthel M. Allen, 1900. 

James Van Kleeck, Bay City, 1901. 

Edward C. Anthony, Negaunee, 1902, 
JD. B. K. Van Raalts, 1903. 
JGeorge H. Hopkins, 1904. 

E. C. Cannon, Evart, 1905. 
JJoseph B. Griswold, 1906. 



iWilliam Jibb, 1907. 

ICharles E. Foote, 1908 (died in 

office). 
JGeorge L. Holmes, 1908. 
JJames M. Greenfield, 1909. 
tSamuel J. Lawrence, 1910. 

George W. Stone, Battle Creek, 1911. 

John T. Spillane, Detroit, 1912. 

Frank R. Chase, Smyrna, 1913. 

Riley L. Jones, Detroit, 1914. 
I'Henry C. Rankin, 1915 (died in 
office). 

Eli Strong, Kalamazoo, 1915. 

L. H. Ives, Mason, 1916. 

William O. Lee, Port Huron, 1917. 

David S. Howard, Pontiac, 1918. 

Edwin F. Lamb, Detroit, 1919. 
fHenry Spaulding, Lansing, 1920. 



tComrade Janes, Past .Tunior' Vice-Commander-in-chief . 
■rComrade Gardner. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Spaulding, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
tDeceased. 



MINNESOTA (24) 

[Organized Aug. 14, 1867. Reorganized Aug. 17, 1881. 
31, 1920, 1,836. Posts, 126.] 



Membership, Dec. 



Department Commander S. W. Powell Stillwater 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. H. A. Read, Wasica 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Wm. H. Jones Windom 

Assistant Adjutant-General Daniel J. Dodge Minneapolis 

Representatives Alternates 

F. M. Shook, Aitkin. M. H. Cole, Fairbault. 

C. R. Wilkinson, Newport. H. P. Edwards, Fairmont. 

H. W. Garfield, Wadena. John Kimball, Duluth. 

P. D. Winship, Park Rapids. C. H. Smith, Pipestone. 

F. J. Carr, Minneapolis. Moses Emery, Caledonia. 

W. H. Harrison, Duluth. W. S. Whitman, St. Paul. 

Geo. E. Sloan, Owatonna. C. H. Robinson, Minneapolis. 

Past Department Commanders 

JHenry G. Hicks, 1868. tj. J. McCardv, 1896. 

tHenry A. Castle, 1872-73-74. E. B. Wood, Long Prairie, 1897. 

JGeorge H. Johnston, 1876. $E. W. Mortimer, 1898. 

Adam Marty, St. Paul, 1881-82. JD. B. Searle, 1899. 
JJohn P. Rea, 1883. Gideon S. Ives, St. Paul, 1900. 

+E. C. Babb, 1884. JWm. H. Harries, 1901. 

R. A. Becker, St. Paul, 1885. jPerry Starkweather, 1902. 
JWilliam Thomas, 1886. Isaac L. Mahan, St. Paul, 1903. 

JL. L. Wheelock, 1887. Harrison White, Minneapolis, 1904. 

JJames H. Ege, 1888. IC. F. MacDonald, 1905. 
JAlphonso Barto, 1889. Levi Longfellow, Minneapolis, 1906. 

tjames Compton, 1890. JGeo. A. Whitney, 1907. 

jCharles D. Parker, 1891. JMarcus W. Bates, 1908. 

L. M. Lange, Cass Lake, 1892. JLoren W. Collins, 1909. 

John Day Smith, Minneapolis, 1893. jPhilip G. Woodward, 1910. 

fSamuel R. Van Sant, Minneapolis, jj. A. Everett, 1911. 

1894. . Wm. P. Roberts, Minneapolis, 1912. 

fEll Torrance, Minneapolis, 1895. Chas. H. Taylor, Long Prairie, 1913. 



24 FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

Minnesota — Past Department Commanders — Continued 



Chas. H. Hopkins, Fairfax, 1914. 

Watson W. Hall, St. Paul, 1915. 
tChas. Van Campen, 1916. 
tSilas H. Towler, Minneapolis, 1917. 



Edwin F. Kenrick, St. Paul, 1918. 

J. D. Budd, Duluth, 1919. 

J. A. Town, Worthington, 1920. 



■rComrade Van Sant, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Torrance, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Towler, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief . 
tDeceased. 



MISSOURI (25) 

[Organized May 16, 1867. Reorganized April 22, 1882. Membership, Dec. 
31, 1920, 2,765. Posts, 136.] 

Department Commander A. J. P. Barnes Joplin 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..A. N. Seaber Jefferson City 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. James Kinney Albany 

Assistant Adjutant-General Wilbur F. Henry St. Louis 



Representatives 

Allan J. Showers, Jefferson City. 

Nich Mathias, Moberly. 

Wm. H. Sherman, St. Joseph. 

John Hack, Trenton. 

B. F. Putnam, Jefferson City. 

G. W. Edwards, St. Louis. 

W. H. H. Gillespie, Bethany. 

Charles Koock, Sedalia. 

Jacob Stephens, Eldon. 

Theophile Dubrouillet, Linn. 



Alternates 

J. B. Cashion, Perryville. 

Henry Phelps, Joplin. 

Max Fritz, St. Louis. 

G. W. Carmichael, St. Louis. 

Joseph Litteneker, St. Louis. 

Arnold Bowers, St. Louis. 

O. B. Lingle, Cameron. 

T. J. Dockery, Kirksville. 

Franklin Hudson, Kansas City. 

N. DeWitte, Darlington. 



Past Department Commanders 



JWilliam Warner, 1882-83. 

W. F. Chamberlain, 1884. 
JNelson Cole, 1885-86. 
tE. E. Kimball, 1887. 
JHiram Smith, Jr., 1888. 

John E. Phelps, 1889. Transferred 
to Washington and Alaska. 
fLeo Rassieur, St. Louis, 1890. 

George W. Martin, Brookfield, 1891. 
JC. W. Whitehead, 1892. 
fCharles G. Burton, Portland, Ore., 

1893. 
JLouis Grund, 1894. 
JLouis Benecke, 1895. 
JThos. B. Rodgers, 1896. 
IJohn P. Piatt, 1897. 
JA. G. Peterson, 1898. 

John W. Scott, Daytonia, Fla., 1899. 
fWilbur F. Henry, St. Louis, 1900. 

George Hall, Trenton, 1901. 
JIra T. Bronson, 1902. 



F. M. Sterrett, 1903, transferred 
to Ohio. 
tJere T. Dew, 1904. 
JHenrv Fairback, 1905. 
fJohn M. Williams, California, 1906. 

Thomas D. Kimball, St. Louis, 1907. 

J. V. Martin, Brookfield, 1908. 
$W. H. Skinner, 1909. 
JRobert N. Denham, 1910. 
JBenjamin Warner, 1911. 
JCharles W. Ruby, 1912. 
JArthur Dreifus, 1913. 

William Lowe, Warrensburg, 1914. 

James B. Dobyne, St. Louis, 1915. 

Alex McCandless, Moberly, 1916. 

Thos. W. Evans, St. Joseph, 1917. 

Phil F. Coghlan, St. Louis, 1918. 

W. C. Calland, Springfield, 1919. 

Samuel D. Webster, St. Louis, 1920. 
JW. S. Jenkins, 1872, transferred 
from Kansas. 



tComrade Rassieur, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Burton. Past Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Henry, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Williams, National Council of Administration. 
tDeceased. 



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MONTANA (37) 

[Organized March 10, 1885. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 254. Posts, 13.] 

Department Commander Chas. S. Shoemaker Pony 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. D. T. Goff .Hamilton 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John A. Schmitt Columbia Falls 

Assistant Adjutant-General fGeorge H. Taylor Helena 

Representatives Alternates 

R. L. Cleveland, Great Falls. C. P. Brinton, Butte. 

J. S. Ohls, Sola. Thomas McGirl, Los Angeles, Calif. 

Past Department Commanders 

tThomas P. Fuller, 1885. JWilbur F. Sanders, 1905. 

JCharles S. Warren, 1886. JA. J. Fisk, 1906. 

JEla C. Waters, 1887. JB. N. Beebe, 1907. 

jjulius G. Sanders, 1888. JEdwin C. Kinney, 1908. 

IJames E. Galloway, 1889. JEdwin S. Pease, 1909. 

tEd S. Ferris, 1890. JRobert G. Huston, 1910. 

JHarry C. Kessler, 1891. tJohn J. Rohrbaugh, 1911. 
jJohn L. Sloan, 1892. W. Y. Smith, Bozeman, 1912. 

fJoseph O. Gregg, Columbus, Ohio, JP. W. Sheehy, 1913. 

1893. JE. L. Barnes, 1914. 
IPeter R. Dolman, 1894. James R. Goss, Billings, 1915. 

{Robert E. Fisk, 1895. G. L Reiche, Poulson, 1916. 

JLester S. Willson, 1896. Simon Hauswirth, Columbia Falls, 

JThaddeus C. Davidson, 1897. 1917. 

JW. H. H. Dickinson, 1898. John Marchion, Anaconda, 1918. 

JC. B. Miller, 1899. J. Perry McClain, LoLo, 1919. 

fP. B. Manchester, 1900. J. M. Page. Twin Bridges, 1920. 

JFrank P. Sterling, 1901. JMichael Brown, 1889, transferred 
tAlanson N. Bull, 1902. from Michigan. 

$J. S. Wisner, 1903. JJ. B. Walgemuth, 1905, transferred 
Henry N. Blake, Boston, Mass, 1904. from South Dakota. 

tComrade Taylor, National Council of Administration. 

t Comrade Gregg. See Ohio. 

tComrade Manchester. See California and Nevada. 

tDeceased. 

NEBRASKA (17) 

[Organized June 11, 1877. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 2,060. Posts, 157.] 

Department Commander W. J. Blystone Lincoln 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. H. R. Beachell Waverly 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Geo. W. Bearnes Geneva 

Assistant Adjutant-General Harmon Bross Lincoln 

Representatives Alternates 

O. C. Bell, Lincoln. W. J. Frantz, Hastings. 

C. S. Allen, Geneva. T. E. Glass, Lincoln. " - 

W. E. Beghtol, Holdrege. W. C. Hemry, Lincoln. 

E. B. Fancher, Lincoln. James McKelvie, Juniata. 

H. M. Carpenter, Hastings. J. M. Mahaffey, Bennett. 

John S. Davisson, Omaha. E. A. Parmelee, Omaha. 

H. W. George, Omaha. W. H. Short, Franklin. 

S. P. Howland, Juniata. C. F. Weller, Omaha. 

Past Department Commanders 

JPaul Van Devoort, 1877. fJohn C. Bonnell, 1883. 

•|R. H. Wilbur, 1878. JHenry E. Palmer, 1884. 

JJames W. Savage, 1879-80. fA. V.' Cole, 1885. 

JS. J. Alexander, 1881-82. JJohn M. Thayer, 1886. 



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Nebraska — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

tH. C. Russell, 1887. fHarmon Bross, Lincoln, 1904. 

JW. C. Henry, 1888. John Lett, York, 1905. 

tj. B. Davis, 1889. John R. Maxson, Minden, 1906. 

±T. S. Clarkson, 1890. tThomas Creigh, 1907. 

tJoseph Teeter, 1891. Eli A. Barnes, Grand Island, 1908. 

JC. J. Dilworth, 1892. L. D. Richards, Fremont, 1909. 

tA. H. Church, 1893. tJohn F. Diener, 1910. 

tChurch Howe, 1894. JA. M. Trimble, 1911. 

tClarendon E. Adams, Omaha, 1895. tM. V. King, 1912. 

J. H. Culver, East San Diego, JJohn A. Dempster, 1913. 

Calif., 1896. JO. H. Durand, 1914. 

John A. Ehrhardt, Stanton. 1897. Geo. C. Humphrey, Grand Island, 

Thomas J. Majors, Peru, 1898. 1915. 

JJohn E. Evans, 1899. fW. H. Stewart, Geneva, 1916. 

John Reese, Broken Bow, 1900. Wilson E. Majors, Peru, 1917. 

R. S. Wilcox, Omaha, 1901. $J. S. Hoagland, 1918. 
JC. F. Steele, 1902. J. B. Strode, Lincoln, 1919. 

+Lee Estelle, 1903. Joseph H. Presson, Omaha, 1920. 

fGriff J. Thomas, Harvard, 1879-81. 

tComrade Bonnell, honorably discharged from the Order. 
tComrade Cole. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Bross. Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Adams, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
■^Comrade Stewart, National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Thomas. Transferred from AVisconsin. 
tDeceased. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE (12) 

[Organized June 30, 1888. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 820. Posts, 59.] 

Department Commander Arthur Thompson Warner 

Senior Vice-Department Commander. .J. N. Patterson Concord 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. C. Lewis Milford 

Assistant Adjutant-General Frank Battles Concord 

Representatives Alternates 

L. S. Richardson, Concord. Charles Poore, Raymond. 

George P. Morrill, Penacook. William Blair, Berlin. 

Andrew Hanon, Berlin. Joseph Willis, Woodsville. 

Milo A. Everest, Lebanon. Joseph Mead, Glen. 

Past Department Commanders 

tMatthew T. Batton, 1867. . JCharles E. Buzzell, 1895. 

JWilliam R. Patten, 1868. JLewis W. Aldrich, 1896. 

IDaniel J. Vaughan, 1869. tJames Minot, 1897. 

tJames E. Larkin, 1870. lA. S. Twitchell, 1898. 

JAugustus H. Bixby, 1871. Horace L. Worcester, Rochester, 

William H. Trickey, Tilton, 1872. 1899. 

JTimothy W. Challis, 1873-74. D. E. Proctor, Wilton, 1900. 

JAlvin S. Eaton, 1875. A. C. Haines, Newmarket, 1901. 

JCharles J. Richards, 1876-77-78. William S. Carter, Lebanon, 1902. 

JGeorge Bowers, 1879-80. Edward E. Parker, Nashua, 1903. 

tMartin A. Haynes, 1881-82. tHenrv O. Kent, 1904. 

JJohn C. Linehan, 1883-84. JDaniel B. Newhall, 1905. 

JMarcus M. Collis, 1885. jOsman B. Warren, 1906. 

JGeorge Farr, 1886. JWilliam S. Pillsbury, 1907. 

JOtis C. Wyatt, 1887. JAugustus D. Sanborn, 1908. 

JA. B. Thompson, 1888. Charles W. Stevens, Nashua, 1909. 

JJames F. Grimes, 1889. Albert D. Scovell, Manchester, 1910. 

JThomas Cogswell, 1890. JHenrv A. Conant, 1911 (died in 

JEverett B. Huse, 1891. office). 

JDaniel Hall, 1892. JWilliam A. Beckford, 1911. 

JFrank G. Noyes, 1893. George K. Stratton, Bradford, 1912. 

JDavid R. Pierce, 1894. David R. Roys, Claremont, 1913. 



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New Hampshire — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

JO. B. Douglass, 1914. Eugene Wason, Milford, 1918. 

JM. B. Plummer, 1915. Frank W. Wilson, Manchester, 1919. 

JReuben T. Leavitt, 1916. James H. Hunt, Nashua, 1920. 
Charles W. Hobbs, Pelham, 1917. 

tDeceased. 

NEW JERSEY (8) 

[Organized Dec. 10, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,644. Posts, 86.] 

Department Commander Isaac Cole Maplewood 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. William M. Barr Paterson 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles Wallen Vineland 

Assistant Adjutant-General Andrew J. Mattison Newark 

Representatives Alternates 

H. Craig Smith, Plainfield. Abram Ball, Newark. 

William H. Bryson, Newark. Uriah Seely, Newark. 

William W. Mendell, Cranford. John C. Alien, Atlantic City. 

M. V. Kennelly, Jersey City. J. M. Freeman, East Orange. 

Lewis H. Marinus, Jersey City. A. C: Gile, Cape May. 

Stephen R. Mullen, Summit. Leonard F. Roray, Camden. 

Past Department Commanders 

JE. Jardine, 1868. William C. Smith, Plainfield, 1898. 

tWilliam Ward, 1869-70. George Barrett, Camden, 1899. 

$Richard H. Lee, 1871-72. JE. V. Richards, 1900. 

iJohn R. Goble, 1873. JJ. L. Lawrence, 1901. 

fChas. Burrows, Rutherford, 1874- Enos F. Hann, Atlantic City, 1902. 

75. IStephen M. Long, 1903. 

JE. W. Davis, 1876. JJames M. Atwood, 1904. 

JJohn Mueller, 1877-78. JCharles Currie, 1905. 

tSamuel Hufty, 1879. JAlfred Atkins, 1906. 
JGeorge W. Gile, 1880. Arthur W. Tench, Maplewood, 1907. 

jCharles H. Houghton, 1881. JJohn Foran, 1908. 

JE. L. Campbell, 1882. JJames F. Connelly, 1909. 

JGeorge B. Fielder, 1883. JJames Inglis, Jr., 1910. 
JHenry M. Nevius, 1884-85. Adrian S. Appleget, Trenton, 1911. 

Frank O. Cole, Jersey City, 1886. JTerrance J. McDonald, 1912. 

JJ. L. Wheeler, 1887. tJohn W. Bodine, 1913. 

JE. Burd Grubb, 1888. JForman J. Reynolds, 1914 (died in 
JW. B. Miller, 1889. office). 

JA. M. Matthews, 1890. Samuel G. Garretson, Perth Amboy, 

James R. Mullikin, Newark, 1891. 1914. 

JR. A. Donnelly, 1892. JWilliam F. Washington, 1915. 

JH. L. Hartshorn, 1893. fWilliam O. Allen, Newark, 1916. 

John Shields, Clayton, 1894. Walter S. Tully, Belmar, 1917. 

JHenry S. White, 1895. George C. Boyd, Kearney, 1918. 

JErnest C. Stahl, 1896. JA. J. Washburn, 1919 (died in 
JEmanuel Sands, 1897 (died in office). 

office). Frank Briden, Belmar, 1919. 

JSamuel G. Hayter, 1897. John T. McNeill, Kearney, 1920. 

tComrade Burrows. Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 
tComrade Allen, National Council of Administration. 
tDeceased. 

NEW MEXICO (32) 

[Organized July 14, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 70. Posts, 8.] 

Department Commander John Shank East Las Vegas 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..! John Greenwald Socorro 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John Hull Sante Fe 

Assistant Adjutant-General John G. Caldwell Albuquerque 



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New Mexico — Continued 
Representative Alternate 

B. A. Jones, Albuquerque John M. Rice, White Oaks. 

Past Department Commanders 

JHenry M. Atkins, 1883. JTheo. W. Heman, 1904. 

JEdward W. Wvncoop, 1884. tJacob Weltmer, 1905. 

§J. J. Fitzgerreil, 1885. JW. B. Brunton, 1906. 

E. S. Stover, Albuquerque, 1886. W. W. McDonald, Albuquerque, 1907. 

John Y. Hewitt, White Oaks, 1887. JJohn P. Victory, 1908. 

tFrancis Downs, 1888. }John W. Long, 1909. 

jJohn H. Mills, 1889 (died in office). H. B. Steward, Soldiers' Home, 

JLee H. Rudisille, 1890. Calif., 1910. 

tA. M. Whitcomb, 1890. tA. D. Higgins, 1911. 

JAlbert J. Fountain, 1891. fJ- G. Caldwell, Albuquerque, 1912. 

*S. W. Dorsey, 1892. D. M. Sutherland, Alamogordo, 1913. 

JW. H. Whiteman, 1893. JJohn A. Ross, 1914. 

*George W. Knaebel, 1894. Z. H. Bliss, Albuquerque, 1915. 

IThomas W. Collier, 1895. F. E. Olney, E. Las Vegas, 1916. 

JJohn C. Bromagen, 1896. Jefferson Reynolds, E. Las Vegas, 

tFrancis Downs, 1897-98. 1917. 

JLeverett Clark, 1898. John W. Terry, Socorro, 1918. 

*George Knaebel, 1899. O. L. Gregory, E. Las Vegas, 1919. 

John R. McFie, Gallup, 1900-01. Wm. M. Berger, Belen, 1920. 
tJohn W. Edwards, 1902-03. 

*Not now a member of the Order. 

tComrade Greenwald, National Council of Admini-stration. 
tComrade Edwards. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Caldwell. Assistant Adjutant-General. 

§See Tennessee. 
♦ Deceased. 

NEW YORK (5) 

[Organized April 3, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 8,795. Posts, 459.] 

Department Commander flsidore Isaacs New York (Bronx) 

Senior Vice-Department Commander. .Alfred A. Lord Binghamton 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. James K. Prosser Oswego 

Assistant Adjutant-General Thomas J. McConekey Brooklyn 

Representatives Alternates 

William C. Peckham, Brooklyn. William Elliott Griffis, Ithaca, 

George H. Sears, Buffalo. Abram G. Mills, New York. 

George Wander, Buffalo. Wm. H. Hyler, Port Chester. 

John Ryall, Voorheesville. Arthur B. Avery, East Aurora. 

Henry L. Keene, Elmira. E. J. Hoffman, Brooklyn. 

Thomas M. Valleau, Bro9klyn. H. W. Valentine, Brooklyn. 

B. Franklin Raze, Camillus. George W. Rowell, Oneonta. 
Calvin S. Brainard, Buffalo. Edward W. Castell, Brooklyn. 
William H. Lyons, Brooklyn. Charles Heacock, Dunkirk. 

H. Stewart Warner, Skaneateles. Wm. H. Martin, Cooperstown. 

Wallace Riley, Lockport. Charles T. Peck, Rochester. 

Charles H. Thompson, Rochester. Isaac Brown, New York. 

C. J. Kellogg, Schenectady. Wm. Wallace Grant, Brooklyn. 
William J. Barry, Brooklyn. Duncan J. McMillan, New York. 
R. S. Rimington, Saratoga Springs. Patrick H. Doody, New York. 
James D. Lyons, New York (Bronx). R. S. Maddren, Brooklyn. 
William J. Courtney, Brooklyn. W. A. Briggs, Neversink. 

F. A. M. Ball, Syracuse. J. H. Reynolds, Hornell. 

D. F. McOmber, Holley. Wm. H. Hathaway, Elmira. 
John L. Sutphin, Brockport. Alexander Parsons, Canajoharie. 
Cyrus W. Lord, Jamestown. Samuel M. Whitbeck, Penn Yan. 
R. W. Carmen, Flushing. Philip Dietrick, Fulton. 

Birt F. Parsons, Brooklyn. Ansel Marcenus, Esperance. 



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New York — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 

Michael B. Wood, New York. Theodore Cocheu, Brooklyn. 

Edwin H. Squires, Brooklyn. Thomas A. Burchill, Rochester. 

Henry A. Howard, Rochester. George W. Brush, Brooklyn. 

Lewis Hunt, Schaghticoke. W. S. Brazier, New York. 

Eben Adams, New Rochelle. Wm. V. G. Riblet, New York. 
Henry J. Kearney, Jersey City, N. J. Frank J. Raye, Brooklyn. 

James Smith, Maspeth, L. I. J. H. Benzine, Buffalo. 

Past Department Commanders 

JJames B. McKean, 1866-67. {Albert D. Shaw, 1897. 

tDaniel E. Sickles, 1868-69. JAnson S. Wood, 1898. 

tEdward B. Lansing, 1869. Joseph W. Kay, Brooklyn, 1899. 

$John C. Robinson, 1870. JN. P. Pond, 1900. 

JHenrv A. Barnum, 1871-72. Chas. A. Orr, Buffalo, 1901. 

tStephen P. Corliss, 1873-74. JAllan C. Bakewell, 1902. 

$Edward Jardine, 1874. John S. Koster, Port Leyden, 1903. 

JJohn Palmer, 1875. {Henry N. Burhans, 1904. 
fJames Tanner, Washington, D. C, JJames M. Snyder, 1905. 

1876-77. John S. Maxwell, Amsterdam, 1906. 

JWilliam F. Rogers, 1878. JHarlan J. Swift, 1907. 

tJames McQuade, 1879. JWilliam H. Daniels, 1908. 

IL. Coe Young, 1880. |M. J. Cummings, 1909. 

tAbram Merritt, 1881. DeWitt C. Hurd, Utica, 1910. 

tJames S. Frazier, 1882. fGeorge B. Loud, New York City, 
tJohn A. Reynolds, 1883. 1911. 

$Ira M. Hedges, 1884. Oscar Smith, Albany, 1912. 

tH. Clay Hall, 1885. Samuel C. Pierce, Rochester, 1913. 

{Joseph I. Sayles, 1886. {James D. Bell, 1914. 

{George H. Treadwell, 1887. Zan L. Tidball, Bath, 1915. 

{N. Martin Curtis, 1888. {Solomon W Russell, 1916. 

{Harrison Clark, 1889. William F. Kirchner, New York 
{Floyd Clarkson, 1890. City, 1917. 

{Charles H. Freeman, 1891. Lewis S. Pilcher, Brooklyn, 1918. 

{Theodore L. Poole, 1892. Joseph E. Ewell, Buffalo, 1919. 

{Joseph P. Cleary, 1893. Alfred E. Stacey, Elbridge, 1920. 

{John C. Shotts, 1894. fDe Alva S. Alexander, Buffalo, 1884. 

{Edward J. Atkinson, 1895. {{W. L. Palmer, 1899. 
James S. Graham, Oxford, 1896. 

tComrade Tanner, Past Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Loud. See California and Nevada. 

tComrade Alexander. Transferred from Department of Potomac. 

ttComrade Palmer. Transferred from Department of South Dakota. Deceased. 

tComrade Isaacs, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief. 

tDeceased. 

NORTH DAKOTA (43) 

[Organized April 23, 1890. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 155. Posts, 16.] 

Department Commander C. P. Stearns Rogers 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles H. Sikes Fargo 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. R. Whitcomb Devil's Lake 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. J. Rowe Lisbon 

Representatives Alternates 

Henry Dinsmore, EUendale. P. A. Cooney, Lisbon. 

{Smith Stimmel, Fargo. M. Skarison, Velva. 

Past Department Commanders 

{Harrison Allen, 1889. 1893. 

George B. Winship, San Diego, {James O'Neal, 1894. 

Calif., 1890. A. P. Rounseville, Lemon City, 
{William A. Bentley, 1891. Fla., 1895. 

Samuel G. Roberts, San Diego, {William H. Brown, 1896. 

Calif., 1892. {Edward C. Gearey, 1897. 

John D. Black, San Diego, Calif., {Edwin Southard, 1898. 



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North Dakota — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

tWilliam Ackerman, 1899. tGeorge W. Kurtz, 1912. 

JFreeman Orcutt, 1900. George B. Vallandingham, Sawtelle, 

D. G. Duel], Devil's Lake, 1901. Calif., 1913. 

fJohn C. Gipson, 1902. Alexander Hay, Wahpeton, 1914. 

tH. J. Rowe, Lisbon, 1903. JJ. L. Smith, 1915. 

JD. F. Siegfried, 1904. Henry Beal, Valley City, 1916. 

JJoseph Hare, 1905. Christian Schmitt, Los Angeles, 

B. F. Bigelow, Los Angeles, Calif., Calif., 1917. 

1906. John W. Carroll, Davenport, Iowa, 

.tS. J. Hill, 1907. 1918. 

J. L. Richmond, Minnewaukan, 1908. James McCormick, Devil's Lake, 
JHalsey S. Curry, 1909. 1919. 

Albert Roberts, Devil's Lake, 1910. JDavid B. McClain, 1920 (died in 
iJames H. Mathews, 1911. office). 

Orange A. Potter, Granville, 1920. 

tComrade Gipson. See California and Nevada. 
tH. .J. Rowe, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tComrade Stimmell. National Patriotic Instructor. 

OHIO (4) 

[Organized Jan. 30, 1867. Membership, Dec. 31, 1929, 10,241. Posts, 421.] 

Department Commander M. J. Sloan Warren 

Senior Vice-Department Commander..!. N. Smith Greenville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. L. P. Rife Defiance 

Assistant Adjutant-General W. S. Matthews Columbus 

Representatives Alternates 

W. H. Little, Canton. R. G. Chandler, Cleveland. 

James Herring, Mansfield. O. D. Cotton, Dayton. 

F. E. Lamb, Bucyrus. Conrad Liner, Cincinnati. 

D. R. Herrick, Cincinnati. A. E. Otte, Cincinnati. 

Edward Baker, Cincinnati. N. W. Smith, Hamilton. 

S. A. West, Terrace Park. J. T. Yankie, Peebles. 

A. C. Stone, Wilmington. Samuel Oldfather, Lewisburg. 

Marcus N. Surface, New Paris. I. N. Rowe, Washington C. H. 

Gustavus Smith, Dayton. W. W. McDonald, Logan. 

W. C. Bostwick, Mt." Sterling. Samuel McElhany, Portsmouth. 

Charles Embich, Lancaster. W. N. Burley, Crooksville. 

W. N. Clouse, Ironton. J. H. Knight, McConnelsville. 

A. G. O'Bleness, Marietta. Chas. C. Mulford, O. S. & S. Home. 

Clark Bundy, Chesterhill. A. J. Sponsler, Kenton. 

L. H. Derby, Norwalk. James K. Cheetham, Urbana. 

H. H. Sharp, Kenton. S. H. Keirns, Columbus Grove. 

A. M. Bowdle, Piqua. E. E. Buell, Edgerton. 

William D. Heffner, Lima. S. G. Liles, Forest. 

A. Pressler, Montpelier. H. L. Hammond, Elliston. 

Sol Zarbaugh, Hot Springs, S. D. W. B. Denman, Marion. 

Israel Walborn, Fremont. M. A. Gibson, Toledo. 

John M. Woodruff, Fostoria. H. A. Silverwood, Delaware. 

Theodore B. Tucker, Toledo. Piatt Williamson, Warsaw. 

R. G. Dickerson, Delaware. J. C. Glover, Cadiz. 

W. H. King, Coshocton. Jason Neville, Liverpool. 

J. B. Gibson, Bellaire. D. I. McFarland, Youngstown. 

D. G. Smith, Steubenville. M. M. Southworth, Alliance. 
M. O. Messer, Warren. W. B. Arndt, Sullivan. 
John M. Downs, Carrollton. F. M. Spitler, Columbus. 

S. A. Williams, Wellington. W. G. Bigelow, Akron. 

Chas. H. Durfey, Columbus. J. Burns, Cleveland. 

J. M. Bradford, Akron. Jo'siah Johnson, Cleveland. 

W. M. Woodruff, Cleveland. W. H. Stratton, Painesville. 
John E. Taylor, Cleveland. 

E. R. Ward, Conneaut. 



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Ohio — Continued 
Past Department Commanders 

|g- F- Potts 1866. E. L. Lybarger, Spring Mountain, 

IThomas L. Young, 1867. 1896. 

fJ. Warren Keifer, Springfield, 1868- {Henry Kissinger, 1897. 

*TTr-,,- '^^' ^ ^ David F. Pugh, Columbus, 1898. 

JWilliam C. Bunts, 1871-72. Thomas R. Shinn, Ashland, 1899 

|G. M. Barber, 1873-74. JElias R. Monfort, 1900. 

|Alvm C. Voris 1875. Emmett F. Taggart, Akron, 1901. 

JWilham Earnshaw, 1876-77. Walton Weber, Columbus 190"? 

jNathan L. Guthrie, 1878. Arthur C. Yengling, Salem, 1903 

+James H. Seymour, 1879. JB. M. Moulton, 1904. 

{James H. Steedman, 1879. {Amos Huffman, 1905. 

JDavid W. Thomas, 1880. {George A. Harmon, 1906. 

.i-John S. Kountz, 1881. {W. S. Rogers 1907 

{Chas. T. Clark, 1882-83. {John H. Sharer, 1908. 

|H. P. Lloyd, 1884. George Hall, Lima, 1908. 

J A • .?■ 2™wn, 1885. Chas. H. Newton, Marietta, 1909. 

{Arthur L. Conger, 1886. {Henry A. Axline, 1910 

{D. C. Putnam, 1887. {J. F. Johnston, 1911. 

Joseph W. O'Neall, Columbus, 1888. Chas. W. Blodgett, Cincinnati, 1912 

{S. H. Hurst, 1889. {W. R. Warnock, 1913 

•^?- ?; fowling, 1890. {J. Kent Hamilton, 1914. 

A. M. Warner, Cmcinnati, 1891. Seeley P. Mount, Cleveland, 1915 
{Isaac F. Mack, 1892. {W. H. Surles 1916 
{L. H. Williams, 1893. {W. A.' Pittenger, 1917. 
{E E. Nutt, 1894. tD. M. Hall, 1918, Columbus. 
{Chas. Townsend, 1895. H. C. Martindale, Cleveland, 1919. 
John M. A(.lams, Cincinnati, 1920. 



^Comrade Keifer. Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief 
; Comrade Hall, Past Commander-in-Chief. 
IDeceased. 



OKLAHOMA (44) 

[Organized Aug. 7, 1890. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 831. Posts 49 De- 
partment of Indian Territory merged with Oklahoma at Joint' Encamp- 
ment held at Guthrie, May 19-22, 1908.] 

Department Commander Jacob Amberg Oklahoma City 

„ . ,,. ^ , „ (Union Soldiers' Home.) 
Senior Vice-Department Commander..J. Q. Adamson .. Edmond 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. J. J. Lyons Muskogee 

Assistant Adjutant-General J. H. Norton Oklahoma City 

Representatives Alternates 

J F. Ward, Apache. V. A. Walkup, Apache. 

Melvin Fairchild, Stillwater. I. W. Scherich Enid 

John Oliphant, Tulsa. S. M. Hines, Stillwater. 

L. O Breiter, Oklahoma City. P. D. Kenyon, Oklahoma City. 

Past Department Commanders 

I'G. M. Barnes, 1890. {I. W. Rush, 1899. 

{G. M. Coulton, 1891. {M. L. Mock, 1900. 

I?' u- J^y^"% l?^2 James E. Burnes, Fresno, Calif., 

{1. H. Soward, 1893. 1901. 

tJ. P. Cummings, 1894. {Wesley Taylor, 1902 

iw Vt- Prosper, 1895. Cyrus P. Green, Enid, 1903. 

+^-T?-.^^*^^'' ^^^^- S. P. Strahan, Perry, 1904. 

C. R. \oung, Guthrie, 1897. {G. M. Parks, 1905.' 

{D. M Munger, 1898. {Peter A. Becker, 1906. 
+J. J. S. Hasler, 1899 (died in office). W. H. Hornaday, Guthrie 1907 



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Oklahoma — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

tH. Veatch, 1908. JGeorge W. Fletcher, 1914. 

William Higgins, Bartlesville, 1909. A. A. Beasler, Chandler, 1915. 

B. N. Turk, Enid, 1910. JAlbert Reeves, 1916. 

JWilberforce Jones, 1911. J. C. White, Oklahoma City, 1917. 

$W. R. Kelley, 1912. fF. E. Hills, Enid, 1918. 

L. C. Coffin, Elgin, 1913. F. M. Cline, Woodward, 1919. 

JGeorge W. Billings, 1914 (died in W. S. Tilton, Anadarko, 1920. 
office). 
From Department of Indian Territory, by Merger, May 19-22, 1908 

tE. Calkins, 1891. §Gideon S. White, 1899. 

tB F Harris, 1892. JJohn S. Hammer, 1900-02. 

J. H. Spann, McAlester, 1893. §J. A. Rose, 1903. 

iSavelon Boyles, 1894. JRobert Ross, 1904. 

JJ L. Thomas, 1895. Samuel H. Smith, Muskogee, 1905. 

JWilliam H. Harrison, 1896. JJ. A. Ayres, 1906. 

R. M. J. Shriver, Miami, 1897. JA. G. Krutchmer, 1907. 
§David Redfield, 1898. 

D. W. Eastman, 1898. Transferred from Kansas. 
JJohn C. Gipson, 1902. Transferred from North Dakota. 

tComrade Hills. National Council of Administration. 

§Not now a member of the Order. 

tDeceased. 

OREGON (26) 

[Organized Sept. 28, 1882. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,538. Posts, 62.] 

Department Commander C A. Williams Portland 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. S. P. Hutchmson Pendleton 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..:. T. Patriquen Sheridan 

Assistant Adjutant-General James M. Pugh Portland 

Representatives ' Alternates 

G. R. Castner, Hood River. (None.) 

D. F. Lane, Salem. 

A. W. Gowan, Burns. 

John Catlin, Albany. 

J. L. Crow, Hillsboro. 

A. DeLong, Portland. 

Past Department Commanders 

JN. S. Pierce, 1882. M. L. Pratt, Portland 1902 

Ig E Caukin 1883. David H. Turner, McMmnviUe, 1903. 

Jf! J. Babcock, 1884. B. F. Pike, Newberg 1904. 

F. H. Lamb, Inverness, Calif., T. E. Hills, Garden Home, 1905. 

1885-86 JHomer Sutcliffe, 1906. 

•jlM. L. Olmstead, 1887. S. F. Blythe, Hood River, 1907. 

tA. E. Borthwick, 1888. $J. T. Apperson, 1908 

tE B McElroy, 1889. James P. Shaw, Portland, 1909. 

JJames A. Varnev, 1890. W. J. R. Beach, Forest Grove, 1910. 

tOwen Summers, 1891. JNewton Clark, 1911 , ,^,„ 

H H Northup, Portland, 1892. Thos. B. McDevitt, Portland, 1912. 

J. C. Cooper, McMinnville, 1893. S. W. Taylor, Roseburg, 1913. 

JS. B. Ormsby, 1894. JH. S. Fargo, 1914 

tE W. Allen, 1895. Geo. A. Hardmg, Oregon City, 1915. 

tD* C ' Sherman, 1896. Joseph E. Hall, Portland, 1916. 

jFrank Reisner, 1897. fJ- G. Chambers, Portland, 1917. 

C P Holloway, Portland, 1898. Tillman H. Stevens, Portland, 1918. 

H. V. Gates, Hillsboro, 1899. JDaniel Webster, 1919. 

JA. J. Goodbrod, 1900. J. T. Butler, Gladstone, 1920. 
JJ. A. Sladen, 1901. 

tComrade Chambers,. Past Senior Vice-Commander. At present, member of National 

Council of Administration. 
JDeceased. 



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RHODE ISLAND (11) 

[Organized March 24, 186S. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 599. Posts, 22.] 

Department Commander Fred S. Oatley Norwood 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Chas. E. Pierce Rumford 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Samuel A. Whelden Providence 

Assistant Adjutant-General Fred A. Burt Apponnaug 

Representatives Alternates 

Christopher H. Carpenter, Providence. Wm. H. Gladding, Wrentham Mass 
John M. Burdick, Phenix. John A. Williams, Providence. 

Robert M. Pollard, Pawtucket. Joseph R. Stafford. • 

Past Department Commanders 

tAmbrose E. Burnside, 1868. JWilliam E. Stone, 1896. 

JHoratio Rogers, 1869. JLivingston Scott, 1897. 

JChas. R. Brayton, 1870-71. tSamuel W. K. Allen, 1898. 

JEhsha H. Rhodes, 1872-73. JCharles O. Ballou, 1899. 

JEdwin Metcalf, 1874. {Walter A. Read, 1900. 

lEdwm C. Pomroy, 1875. JCharles P. Moies, 1901. 

tChas. H. Williams, 1876. JGeorge H. Chenery, 1902. 

JHenry J. Spooner, 1877. JJames S. Hudson, 1903. 

Fred A. Arnold, Providence, 1878. jjoseph Wooley, 1904. 

tHenry R. Barker, 1879. {Ezra K. Parker, 1905. 

tCharles C. Gray, 1880. |George L. Greene, 1906. 

tWilham H. P. Steers, 1881. tEdward Wilcox, 1907. 

JHenry F. Jenks, 1882. JWilliam 0. Milne, 1908. 

JPhihp S. Chase, 1883. JFrancello G. Jillson, 1909. 

Andrew J. McMahon, Newport, 1884. jCharles H. Ewer, 1910 
tEugene A. Cory, 1885. Ezra Dixon, Bristol, 1911. 

{Theodore A. Barton, 1886. Thos. M. Holden, Providence, 1912. 

Benj. L. Hall, Edeewood, 1887. George H. Cheek, Pawtucket, 1913. 

iGideon Spencer, 1888. Gilbert Wilson, Providence, 1914. 

.i.Alonzo Williams, 1889. .tHenrv J. Pickersgill, 1915. 
JBenjamm F. Davis, 1890. Joseph Gough, Providence, 1916. 

jBenjamm H. Child, 1891. August'ne A. Mann, Central Falls, 

JDavid S. Ray, 1892. 1917. 

{George T. Cranston, 1893. Murdock C. McKenzie, Bristol, 1918. 

{Charles H. Baker, 1894. fFred A. Burt. Apponaug, 1919. 

Danie l R. Ballou, Providence, 1895. William Massey, Pawtucket, 1920. 

tComrade Burt. As.sistant Adjutant-General. 
+ Deceased. 

SOUTH DAKOTA (29) 

[Organized March 20, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 592. Posts, 55.] 

Department Commander John E. Davis Lennox 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. A. H. Betts ' Mitchell 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. T. S. Sharp . Brookings 

Assistant Adjutant-General Cyrus A. B. Fox Sioux Falls 

Representatives Alternates 

L L. Bates, Groton. Richard Selling, Springfield. 

S' ^•■,^'"^-'^' ^u^on. Johnston O. Foote, Sioux Falls. 

B. F. Whitehouse, Frederick. Enoch Jones, Hot Springs. 

Past Department Commanders 

{Thos S. Free, 1883-84. {George A. Silsby, 1889. 

fW. V. Lucas, Santa Cruz, Cal., fE. T. Langley, Santa Cruz, Cal., 

1885-86. 1890. 

{Harrison Allen, 1887. fC. S. Palmer, Burlington, Vt., 1891. 

xS. F. Hammond, 1888. {James B. Holt, 1892. 



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South Dakota — Past Department Commanders— Continued 



JN. C. Nash, 1893. 

$Geo. W. Carpenter, 1894. 

is. B. Drake, 1895. 

tjohn Acklev, 1896. (Died in office.) 

■John F. Baker, Zephyrhills, Fla., 

1896. 
C. B. Clark, Hot Springs, 1897. 
E. P. Farr, Hot Springs, 1898. 
tW. L. Palmer, 1899. 
Philip Lawrence, Pomona, Cal., 

1900. 
Geo. W. Snow, Springfield, 1901. 
fT. E. Blanchard, Santa Cruz, Cal., 

1902. 
JThomas Reed, 1903. 
H. P. Packard, Minneapolis, Mmn., 
1904. 



JJ. B. Walgamuth, 1905. 
:i:N. I. Lowthian, 1906. 

T. C. De Jean, Plankinton, 1907. 

Warren Osborn, Zephyrhills, Fla., 
1908. 
JA. S. Stewart, 1909. 

N. H. Kingman, Eugene, Ore., 1910. 

Thos. H. Brown, Sioux Falls, 1911. 
+0. S. Gifford, 1912. (Died in office.) 

H. L. Ferry, Vermillion, 1912. 

John L. Jolly, Vermillion, 1913. 
tC A. B. Fox, Sioux Falls, 1914. 
JChas. S. Blodgett, 1915. 

Walter H. Carr, Yankton, 1916. 

J. C. Luce, Groton, 1917. 

James S. Sebree, Pierre, 1918. 

Abe L. Van Osdel, Mission Hill, 1919. 

E. L. Hurlbut, Rapid City, 1920. 



tComrade Blanchard. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Luca.s. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Langley. See California and Nevada. 
tComrade Palmer. See Vermont. 
tComrade Fox. Assistant Adjutant-General. 
tDeceased. 



TENNESSEE (34) 
[Organized Feb. 26, 1884. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 435. Posts, 24.] 

Department Commander W W. Lowry K^oxville 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. C. Chandler Kwlton 

Junior Vice-Department Commander..?. W. Evans Fnoxville 

Assistant Adjutant-General B. F. Bashor Knoxviue 

Representatives Alternates 

John Gray, Greenville. C. T. Tipton, Knoxville. 

H. E. Pond, Madison. C. L. Broyles, Greenville. 

Past Department Commanders 

tEdward S. Jones, 1884-85. JJohn T. Wilder, 1906. 

§E. E. Winters, 1886. Will A. McTeer Maryville, 1907 

tWilliam J. Ramage, 1887. S. W. Tmdell, Johnson City, 1908. 

Wm Rule, Knoxville, Tenn., 1888. D. Minor Stewart, Chattanooga, 

JA. H. Pettybone, 1889. ^ 1909. -iioiQin 

SChas. F. Muller, 1890. Ignaz Franz, Knoxville 1910 

A. J. Gahagan, Chattanooga, 1891. C. H Flournoy, Knoxville 1911. 

tH. C. Whitaker, 1892. A. M. Gamble, Maryville 1912 

tFrank Saamon, 1893. W. D. Atchley, Sevierville, 1913. 

%. F. Milburn, 1894. JD. D. Nicholas, 1914. 

tW. J. Smith, 1895. F. M. Underwood, Knoxville 1915. 

tH B Case 1896-97 J- R- Kennedy, Louisville, 191b. 

W. H. Nelson, Roan Mountain, 1898. O. C. Kinley National Military 

iA. H. Crumbliss, 1899. ^^T' 5""^^^' I- iqi8 

"S. T. Harris, Fountain City, 1900. W. F. Roberts Memphis, 1918 
JM. M. Harris, 1901. F. M. Fessenden, Chattanooga 1919. 

tr W Pfltton 1902-3 O. L. Thompson, Rockwood, 1920. 

|ien\.'^&amliton!'ll04. fJ- J- Fitzgerrell, Soldiers' Home, 
$W. W. French, 1905. California, 1888. 



5Not now a member of the Order. 

*Honors lost bv withdrawal from the Department. 

tj. J. Fitzgerald, transferred from New Mexico. 

JDeceased. 



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37 



TEXAS (38) 

[Organized March 25, 1885. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 234. Posts, 10.] 

Department Commander G. E. Allgaier Fort Worth 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. A. W. Adleta... Dallas 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. W. H. Redwood San Antonio 
Assistant Adjutant-General Edwin N. Ketchum Galveston 

Representatives Alternates 

R. P. Cooper, Dallas. T. W. Woodcock, Dallas. 

J. H. Dunn, Denison. T. M. Hensley, Fort Worth. 

Past Department Commanders 

JW. p. Wylie, 1885. JJohn H. Bolton, 1903. 

i^; T. Lyon, 1886. John L. Boyd, Dallas, 1904. 

+W. H. Sinclair, 1887. JE. A. Russell, 1905. 

|J. C DeGress, 1888. JW. H. Harvey, 1906. 

|A. G. Malloy, 1889. JL. L. Whittiker, 1907. 

|A. K. Taylor, 1890. JT. M. Wright, 1908. 

1^- ^^V.^^^""' ^^^^- ICalvin R. Hubbard, 1909. 

f V- tV/ Patterson, 1892. J. S. Dunlap, Dallas, 1910. 

JJ. W. Parks, 1893. JW. 0. Kretsinger, 1911. 

|R. M. Moore, 1894. tE. P. Brown, 1912. 

tW. W. Bostwick, 1895. JSidnev Tuttle, 1913. 

iSj ^; McCormick, 1896. Robert McCormick, Dallas, 1914. 

tl^r,^-J^^^^^""^' Galveston, 1897. C. S. Brodbent, San Antonio, 1915. 

tW F. Connor, 1898. JC. A. Cahoon, 1916. 

4.John Roach, 1899. Melville B. Young, Plainview, 1917. 

JCharles B. Peck, 1900. Anson Miller, Anahuac, 1918. 

i?^' ^" H'^",t> 1901. Edward Loomis, San Antonio, 1919. 

4.C. C. H askell, 1902. Max Hart, Houston, 1920. 

tComrade Bostwick. See Department of Colorado. 
1 Comrade Ketchum, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
iDeceased. 

UTAH (33) 

[Organized Oct. 8, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 134. Posts, 5.] 

Department Commander Ezra D. Haskins Salt Lake City 

benior Vice-Department Commander.. J. M. Vandevort Ogden 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Seymour B. Young Salt Lake City 
Assistant Adjutant-General John M. Bowman Salt Lake City 

Representatives Alternates 

A. Van Patten, Ogden. G. Deitz, Ogden. 

l^rank H. Hall, Salt Lake City. Joseph M. Westwood, Springville. 

Past Department Commanders 

JGeorge C. Douglas, 1883. tN. H. Ives 1898 

tRansford Smith, 1884. JM. M. Kaighn, 1899. 

IS;-- ; Wardleigh, 1885. |M. A. Breeden, 1900. 

JE ijah Sells, 1886. JRudolph Alf, 1901. 

±S .?• ^I.y^l^y- 1887. tW. M. Bostaph, California, 1902. 

+Nathan H. Kimball, 1888. JF H Clark 1903 

JHenry T. Snyder, 1889. tHenry P. Burns, "l904. 

.i.Henry Page, 1890. E. T.' Hulaniski, Ogden, 1905. 

iFrank Hoffman, 1891. B. M. Sperry, Salt Lake City, 1906. 

JJames R. Elliott, 1892. JAlford Kent, 1907. 

±i W. Greenman, 1893. JR. G. Slater, 1908. 

in X' i^"' -^^^^- , Lucien H. Smith, Salt Lake City, 

iC. O. Farnsworth, 1895. 1909 

W- ^^- J^^^OS'^' l^'^S. JT. C. Lundy, 1910. 

iT. C. Bailey, 1897. JA. B. Laurence, 1911. 



38 



FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 



Utah — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

tj W Brown, 1912. (Died in office.) J. C. H. Warfield, Portland, Ore., 

Frank H. Hall, Salt Lake City, 1912. 1918. ^ , , , ^., 

JReuben Oehler, 1913. - August Schnelle, Salt Lake City, 

tN. A. Heath, 1914. 1919. ^ ,. t , ^-^ 

H. G. Rollins, Salt Lake City, 1915. fEzra D. Haskins, Salt Lake City, 
N. D. Corser, Salt Lake City, 1916-17. 1920. 

tComrade Bostaph. Past Senior \'ice-Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Haskins, Department Commander. 

tDeceased. 

VERMONT (13) 

[Organized Dec. 23, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,103. Posts, 76.] 

Department Commander John R. Wilson Worcester 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Frank B. Warner Essex Junction 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. John Manning Randolph 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. P. Hunter Brattleboro 

Representatives Alternates 

J. M. Hyde, Bennington. Charles H. Cata, St. Albans. 

John H. Amsdon, Waterville. W. W. Martin, Middlebury. 

Hiram M. Pierce, Montpelier. D. M. Smith, St. Johnsbury. 

J. D. Hanrahan, Rutland. T. Kendall, Randolph. 

R. P. Porter, Brattleboro. A. M. Banks, Bradford. 

Past Department Commanders 

JGeorge P. Foster, 1869. JF. G. Butterfield, 1899. 

JW W. Henry, 1870-71. |U. A. Woodbury, 1900. 

$W. G. Veasey, 1872-73. JJ. H. Lucia, 1901. 

tStephen Thomas, 1874-75. R. E. Hathorn, Ludlow, 1902. 

tT S Peck 1876-77. JFrank Kenfield, 1903. 

tJ.' H. Goulding, 1878-79. $J. E. Eldredge, 1904. 

tG. W. Hooker, 1880-81. S. H. Wood, St. Albans, 1905. 

tA. B. Valentine, 1882-83. JJ. A. Sheldon, 1906. 

-|C. C. Kinsman, 1884. tA. C. Brown, 1907. 

tW. L. Greenleaf, 1885. C. E. Beach, Burlington, 1908. 

tG. T. Childs, 1886. tC. S. Palmer, Burhngton. 

tP. D. Blodgett, 1887. A. B. Franklin, Townshend, 1909. 

tH. E. Taylor, 1888. E. J. Foster, Waterbury, Conn., 1910. 

tA S Tracy 1889 C. M. Ferrin, Essex Junction, 1911. 

tZ."M. Mansur, 1890. A. A. Niles, Morrisville, 1912 

D. L. Morgan, Rutland, 1891. Thomas Hannon, Bennington 1913. 

tH Henry 1892 Edward Baker, Montpelier, 1914. 

JG'w Doty 1893 George P. Martin, Burlington, 1915. 

JC' F. Branch, 1894. JH. C. Streeter, 1916. ,a^r7 aq 

Jb. Cannon, Jr., 1895. C. T. S. Pierce Vergennes 1917-18. 

tN M Puffer 1896 A. T. Woodward, Rutland, 1919. 

JE." W. Jewett, 1897. L. W. Bush, Townshend, 1920. 

JL. B. Harris, 1898. 

tComrade Palmer, transferred from South Daliota. 
tDeceased. 

VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA (15) 

[Organized July 27, 1871. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 263. Posts, 18.] 

Department Commander Chas. H. Haber National Soldiers' 

Home, Virginia 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Charles Grandy Norfolk, Va. 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. George W. Gray ..Phoebus Va 

Assistant Adjutant-General Geo. W. Burchfield.National Soldiers 

Home, Virginia 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 



39 



Virginia and North Carolina — Continued 



Representatives 

Edmund Reddick, Portsmouth, Va. 
Nelson Carney, Portsmouth, Va. 



Alternates 

M. N. Hirshberg, National Soldiers' 

Home. 
W. S. Wilson, National Soldiers' Home 



Past Department Commanders 



JWilliam W. Eaton, 1874. 
tWilliam H. Appenzeller, 1875-76. 
jWilliam Rvder. 1877. 
$R. G. Staples, 1878. 
tRichard Bond, 1879. 
JA. B. Hurlburt, 1880. 
JW. Hervey King,. 1881. 
JP. T. Woodfin, 1882-83. 
JB. C. Cook, 1884. 
JH. DeB Clay, 1885-86. 

John W. Woodman, Portsmouth, 
Va., 1887-88. 
JR. P. Wheeler, 1889. 
JN. J. Smith, 1890. 
m. D. Nicholas, 1891. 
JEdgar Allen, 1892. 
JW. Whitcomb, 1893. 
tj. G. Fulton, 1894. 
jjames E. Porter, 1895. 



fH. W. Weiss, Emporia, Va., 1896. 
James W. Stebbins, Norfolk, Va., 
1897. 
JJames M. Davis, 1898. 
John W. Rutter, Portsmouth, Va., 
1899. 
XA. B. Heistand, 1900. 
JPeter Morton, 1901. 
$C. D. Grew, 1902. 
JH. M. Haas, 1903. 
iJ. C. Fowler, 1904. 
Isaac Powell, Newberne, N. C, 1905. 
D. R. Wilson, Palenville, N. Y., 1906. 
JA. A. Hagan, 1907. 
Frank M. Work, National Soldiers' 
Home, Kansas, 1909. 
{Thomas Fogarty, 1908. 
fChas. H. Haber, National Soldiers' 
Home, Virginia, 1919-20. 



iComrade AVeiss. National Council of Administration. 

i Comrade Haber, Past Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief . Department Commander 

tDeceased. 

WASHINGTON AND ALASKA (30) 

[Organized June 20, 1883. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 1,706. Posts, 78.] 

Department Commander J. H. Coffman Tacoma, Wash. 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. W. P. Cragin Hoquaim, Wash. 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Enoch Sears Spokane, Wash. 

Assistant Adjutant-General H. P. Burdick Tacoma, Wash. 

Representatives Alternates 

J. M. Birmingham, Aberdeen. Geo. W. Lincoln, Seattle. 

H. M. Blakesley, Seattle. James H. Chase, Cashmere. 

A. L. Guy, Spokane. E. P. Bolton, Spokane. 

Levi Miller, Spokane. F. E. Quin, Yakima. 

0. W. Lewis, Spokane. - S. P. Tift, Everett. 

Elias White, Vancouver. R. A. McNair, Olympia. 

C. W. Palmer, Spokane. E. R. Harding, Orting. 

Past Department Commanders 

|F. W. Sparling, 1882. JC. T. Patterson, 1896. 

{Geo. D. Hill, 1883. $J. F. McLean, 1897. 

{Henry A. Morrow, 1884. Geo. W. Tibbets, Seattle, 1898. 

A. M. Brooks, Seattle, 1885. {J. W. Langley, 1899. 
tC. M. Holton, 1886. B. R. Freeman, Spokane, 1900. 

$A. P. Curry, 1887. JHarrv A. Bigelow, 1901. 

tJ. W. Sprague, 1888. JB. C." Bedell,''l902. 

$S. G. Cosgrove, 1889. JThos. H. Cavanaugh, 1903. 
JM. M. Holmes, 1890. Frank M. Davis, Seattle, 1904. 

{D. G. Lovell, 1891. |J. T. Goss, 1905. 

J. S. Brown, Rochester, 1892. C. B. Dunning, Spokane, 1906. 

JJos. F. Sinclair, 1893. {W. H. Mock, 1907. 
{J. N. Scott, 1894. Geo. H. Boardman, Tacoma, 1908. 

tNorman Buck, 1895. {Lyman Banks, 1909. 



40 FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

Washington and Alaska — Past Department Commanders — Continued 

W. H. Wiscombe, Spokane, 1910. J. E. Gandy, Spokane, 1916. 

fF. H. Hurd, Seattle, 1911. fJno. E. Phelps, Ritzville. 

R. R. Harding, Port Angeles, 1912. John J. See, Anacosta, 1917. 

JE A Shores, 1912. Samuel F. Street, Edmonds, 1918. 

JohnE. Stewart, Spokane, 1913. A. A. Stevens, Wenatchee, 1919. 

H. R. Gale, Bremerton, 1914. 0. D. McDonald, Bellingham, 1920. 

H. W. North, Everett, 1915. 

tComrade Hurd. National Council of Administration. 
tComrade Phelps, 1889. transferred from Missouri. 
^Deceased. 

WEST VIRGINIA (28) 

rOrganized April 9, 1868. Reorganized Feb. 29, 1883. Membership, Dec. 
31, 1920, 659. Posts, 25.] 

Department Commander H. S. White Matewan 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.-W. S. Clark Harrisville 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. T. S. Bonar Moundsville 

Assistant Adjutant-General Hugh Martindale Huntmgton 

Representatives Alternates 

Peter Loy, Sisterville. W. N. Egdell, Clarksburg. 

J. P. Stewart, Moundsville. S. Lemmon, Wheehng. 

J. C. Lewellen, Grafton. Wm. Keely, Charleston. 

Past Department Commanders 

JW. H. Flick, 1883. tAlex C. Moore, 1903. 

JC. R. Smith, 1884. O. H. Michaelson, Charleston, 1904. 

tJohn Carlin' 1885. ±J. W. Shroyer, 1905. 

|G. W. Taggart, 1886. Thomas M. Mills, New Martinsville, 

JLee Haymond, 1887. 1906. 

$R E Fleming 1888. I. M. Adams, Ravenswood, 1907. 

tS.' S. Hazen, 1889. JThos. H. Marks, 1908. 

JGeorge Walker, 1890. JD. Mayer, 1909. 

JI. H. Duval, 1891. J. L. Caldwell, Huntington, 1910. 

Chas. E. Anderson, Weston, 1892. JThos. V. Salisbury, 1911. 

Anthony Smith, Harrisville, 1893. E. A. Billingslea, Fairmont, 1912. 

JF. H. Crago, 1894. JJohn M. Millan, 1913. 
JR E Lee, 1895. T. G. Hammond, Moundsville, 1914. 

in'. U'. Freer, 1896. tC. T. Reed, 1915. 
JThos. A. Malsby, 1897. James T. Piggott, Parkersburg, 1916. 

Richard Robertson, Wheeling, 1898. S. R. Hanen, Glen Easton, 1918. 

tChas. R. Le Valley, 1899. |W. T. Cox, 1919 (died in office). 
"Arnold Brandley, Elkins, 1900. L. B. Moore, Parkersburg, 1919. 

JM. B. Bartlett, 1901. W. S. Grafton, Wheeling, 1920. 

C. C. Matthews, Moundsville, 1902. 

tDeceased. 

WISCONSIN (2) 

[Organized June 7, 1868. Membership, Dec. 31, 1920, 2,701. Posts, 158.] 

Department Commander M. L. Snyder Waukesha 

Senior Vice-Department Commander.. Hiram H. Ward Antigo 

Junior Vice-Department Commander.. Harvey F. Myers Hillsboro 

Assistant Adjutant-General Jerome A. Watrous Milwaukee 

Representatives Alternates 

Henry Stannard, Greenbush. Benjamin Collins, Sheboygan. 

A. J. Hood, Muscoda. Charles H. Lang, Madison. 

Tom L. Johnson, Milwaukee (N. Joseph A. Turner, Milwaukee (N. 

M. H.) M. H.) 

H. Gredler, Milwaukee. Edwin Rogers, Milwaukee. 



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41 



Wisconsin — Representatives and Alternates — Continued 

G. W. Barker, Waupaca (V. Home). L. B. Allen, Waupaca. 



Edward Hart, Neenah. 
N. B. Hood, Spring Green. 
Joseph Cooper, Racine. 
Henry Smith, Green Bay. 
William H. Howieson, Chippewa 
Falls. 



W. J. Ogle, Oxford. 
Frank Wilcox, Mauston. 
William J. Holden, Whitewater. 
J. H. Heath, New London. 
Frank H. Cutting, Bloomer. 



Past Department Commanders 



JJames K. Proudfit, 1866. 
JH. A. Starr, 1867. 
tJ. M. Rusk, 1868. 
JT. S. Allen, 1869-70. 
JEdward Ferguson, 1871-72. 
JA. J. McCoy, 1873. 

G. A. Hannaford, Boise City, Idaho, 
1874-75. 
IJohn Hancock, 1876. 
JH. G. Rogers, 1877. 
fF. S. Hammond, 1878. 
fGrifF J. Thomas, Harvard, Neb., 

1879-80-81. 
JH. M. Enos, 1882. 
JPhilip Cheek, 1883-84. 
JJames Davidson, 1885. . 
tLucius Fairchild, 1886. 
JH. P. Fisher, 1886. 
JMichael Griffin, 1887. 
fA. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, 1888. 

L. Ferguson, Brandon, 1889. 
tBenj. F. Bryant, 1890. 

W. H. Upham, Marshfield, 1891. 
tC. B. Welton, 1892. 
tE. A. Shores, Ashland, 1893. 
fj. A. Watrous, Milwaukee, 1894. 
JW. D. Hoard, 1895. 
$D. Lloyd Jones, 1896. 



tE. B. Gray, 1897. 
tC. H. Russell. 1898. 
tHenry Harnden, 1899. 
JS. H.' Tallmadge, 1899. 

David J. James, Richland Center, 
1900. 
fA. H. DeGroff, Oakland, Calif., 1901. 

J. H. Agen, Houston, Tex., 1902. 

J. P. Rundle, Milwaukee, 1903. 
JPliny Norcross, 1904. 

F. A. Copeland, LaCrosse, 1905. 

John W. Ganes, Ripon, 1906. 

John C. Martin, Mineral Point, 1907. 
JE. D. Coe, 1908. 

R. B. Lang, Racine, 1909. 

William H. Grinnell, Beloit, 1909. 

Frank A. Walsh, Milwaukee, 1910. 

Hiram J. Smith, Racine, 1911. 

George W. Spratt, Sheboygan Falls, 
1912. 

Chas. H. Henry, Eau Claire, 1913. 
JSamuel A. Cook, 1914. 

W. J. McKay, Madison, 1915. 

O. L. Rosenkrans, Milwaukee, 1916. 
tW. A. Wyse, 1917. 

George D. Breed, Chilton, 1918. 

Robt. R. Campbell, Green Bay, 1919. 

Walter O. Pietzsch, Madison, 1920. 



tComrade Hammond, transferred to Department of South Dakota. 

tComrade Thomas. See Nebraska. 

■S'Comrade DeGroff. See California and Nevada. 

tComrade Weissert, Past Commander-in-Chief. 

tComrade Shores. See Washington and Alaska. 

tComrade Watrous, Assistant Adjutant-General. 

JDeceased. 



42 FIFTY-FIFTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT 

COMMITTEES 

Executive Committee of tlie National Council of Administration 

Commander-in-Chief William A. Ketcham, Chairman. 
Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief George A. Hosley. 
Adjutant-General Mahlon D. Butler. 
Quartermaster-General Cola D. R. Stowits. 
George A. Price, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
, J. W. Willett, Tama, Iowa. 
John C. Roland, Cleveland, Ohio. 
John B. Inman, Springfield, 111. 
J. Andrew Wilt, Towanda, Pa. 
H. R. Bird, Madison, Wis. 



Committee on Legislation 

Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich., Chairman. 
Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Stanton J. Peelle, Washington, D. C. 
D. S. Alexander, Buffalo, N. Y. 
John L. Clem, Washington, D. C. 



Committee on Rules, Regulations and Ritual 

Charles G. Burton, Portland, Ore., Chairman. 

John R. King, Baltimore. 

Oscar A. Janes, Detroit. 

E. C. Milliken, Portland, Maine. 

Ed. N. Ketchum, Galveston, Texas. 



Trustees of Permanent Fund 

W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa., Chairman. 
Lewis S. Pilcher, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Walton Weber, Columbus, Ohio. 



Committee on Credentials 

Mahlon D. Butler, Adjutant-General. Chairman. 

M. S. Crawford, Department of Colorado. 

S. P. Town, Department of Pennsylvania. 

Henry Spaulding, Department of Michigan. 

Albert J. Ball, Department of Indiana. 

W. A. Wetherbee, Department of Massachusetts. 

J. A. Watrous, Department of Wisconsin. 



GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 43, 

Committee on Gettysburg Peace Monument 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman. 

John E. Gilman, Boston, Mass. 

James Tanner, Washington, D. C. 

Oscar A. Janes, Detroit, Mich. 

Levi G. McCauley, West Chester, Pa. 

David Beem, Spencer, Ind. 

George W. Martin, Brookfield, Maine. 

L. L. Cadwell, Decorah, Iowa. 

John B. Banderob, Oshkosh, Wis. 

George Breck, New^ York, N. Y. 

Thomas H. Brown, Sioux Falls, S. D. 

Thomas S. Hopkins, Washington, D. C. 

E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, Calif. 

Committee on Grant Centennial 

Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich. 
W. J. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Cola D. R. Stowits, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Henry J. Seeley, Bridgeport, Conn. 
W. S. Matthews, Columbus, Ohio. 
John B. Inman, Springfield, 111. 
O. H. Oldroyd, Washington, D. C. 
E. L. Hawk, Sacramento, Calif. 



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